On paper it looks like advantage Xelajú in this fixture vs Iztapa, but the visitors will resist to the finish. Here's our match preview!
- Xelajú have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Iztapa have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga Nacional
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Xelajú form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Nacional, Xelajú have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 11 games. Xelajú has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
Xelajú haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 270 minutes ago. de Leon scored that one.
Xelajú are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Cotzumalguapa.
Heartbreak before that as Xelajú lost 0-1 at Coban Imperial's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Xelajú have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 9 have produced zero, one or two goals.
There will be little rest for Xelajú after this match as they are travelling to Mixco for a Liga Nacional game in only four days.
Xelajú have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Mario Camposeco with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Xelajú have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Iztapa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Iztapa so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Iztapa go into this game after a win, the home game against Mixco that ended 3-1. That win felt good as this side had gone three league fixtures without victory.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Mixco.Iztapa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Municipal in just four days.
The attacking power of Iztapa when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Iztapa have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Xelajú have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when playing Iztapa.Xelajú and Iztapa have met before this season: Iztapa - Xelajú 1-1. Ruiz (Xelajú) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Lom 11 goals |  J. Cano Barrios 9 goals | M. Ferreira Bordón 6 goals |
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| Xelajú | Iztapa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 29 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 34 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 83% |
| 28% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 20% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 8% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 48% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 61% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 35% |
| 4.8 | 6.3 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 13.9 | 20.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.5 | 12 |
| 4.2 | 6.3 | 10.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 28% | 35% |
| 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.1 | 11.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
- Iztapa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Iztapa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Iztapa have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga Nacional
- Iztapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Liga Nacional
- Iztapa have the most points from losing position (21) in Liga Nacional
- Iztapa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Iztapa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Xelajú have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Xelajú have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Xelajú have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Coban Imperial | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Malacateco | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Municipal | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Guastatoya | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Xelajú | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | Achuapa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -10 | 28 |
| 9 | Iztapa | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Xinabajul | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Mixco | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | Cotzumalguapa | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 15 |
