Sports betting tips: Xinabajul vs Cobán Imperial - predictions and stats

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Los Cuchumatanes (5433 seats)

Both Xinabajul and Cobán Imperial are craving for points in this game, in spite of the away side having a 13 point edge in the standings.

Insights:
  • Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (18) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most clean sheets (8) away in Liga Nacional

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Xinabajul and Cobán Imperial.

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Xinabajul form and stats

5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Nacional numbers at home for Xinabajul so far this season. When Xinabajul hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Malacateco, Antigua GFC and Comunicaciones), they have won 5 of 6 matches!

Stress levels are on the rise for Xinabajul's attacking players as they have now played 204 minutes without scoring in a league game. Tinoco was their last goal scorer.

Xinabajul's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Cobán Imperial.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Malacateco.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Xinabajul handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Xinabajul has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Xinabajul have conceded only 10 goals. When Xinabajul hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cotzumalguapa, Iztapa and Mixco), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

There's been little loot from Cobán Imperial's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Liga Nacional. Cobán Imperial only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

Imperial play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Xinabajul. That win felt good as this side had gone four league fixtures without victory.

A loss against Municipal was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Cobán Imperial are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Low on goals? 16 of this club's most recent 18 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Imperial are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. In the opposite end, Cobán Imperial have conceded 20 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cobán Imperial have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Xinabajul.

The latest recorded meeting between these contenders is the Xinabajul - Cobán Imperial 0-1 played not long ago this season. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

XinabajulG. Tinoco Carbajal
G. Tinoco Carbajal
14 goals
Cobán ImperialN. Martínez Vargas
N. Martínez Vargas
13 goals
Cobán ImperialJ. Pereira Rodrigues
J. Pereira Rodrigues
12 goals

Xinabajul missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Xinabajul Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 22 6 Played P 6 25 48
14 10 5 Won W 2 6 20
12 7 1 Drew D 1 10 14
17 5 0 Lost L 3 9 14
47 30 12 Scored S 11 25 53
57 20 5 Conceded C 10 27 43
93% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 84% 85%
70% 68% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 52% 52%
44% 36% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 32% 33%
21% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 24% 19%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 8% 6%
51% 59% 83% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 38%
23% 23% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 32% 40%
33% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 48% 38%
 
4.2 4.6 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 4.7
4.9 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.2
3 2.9 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 3.4
11 3 1 Red cards R C 1 6 12
 
7.2 8 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.2 9.4
3.6 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.6 3.9
30% 30% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 38% 28%
 
8.7 5 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 9.6 8.6
3.9 2.7 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cobán Imperial have the most clean sheets (8) away in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (18) in Liga Nacional

  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 Cobán 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 Xelaju 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

Read more about Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatamala (National football league of Guatemala) is the top level of Guatemalan football. It was formerly known as Liga Mayor “A”. It was founded in 1919. The league has twelve teams meeting each other twice in two stages, Apertura and Clausura.