Betting preview: Xinabajul vs Cobán Imperial should be interesting

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Los Cuchumatanes (5433 seats)

Match preview: 5 points are the diference between the squads ahead of this match, Cobán Imperial on top. Will Xinabajul upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Xinabajul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Liga Nacional

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Xinabajul form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Nacional, Xinabajul have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

Xinabajul's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Cobán Imperial (placed 3rd).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Municipal.

This is expected to be a close game, with Xinabajul perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Xinabajul as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Xinabajul has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

The Xinabajul fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Xinabajul have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cobán Imperial in their Liga Nacional matches away.

Two trips in a row for Cobán Imperial, whose manager López could celebrate last time after the win against Xinabajul.

Before that, Imperial secured a home win against Cotzumalguapa with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Cobán Imperial in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Cobán Imperial, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Cobán Imperial have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought earlier this season: Cobán Imperial - Xinabajul 3-1. One of the profiles has been Martinez with 2 goals scored against Xinabajul in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

Cobán ImperialN. Martínez Vargas
N. Martínez Vargas
7 goals
Cobán ImperialJ. Pereira Rodrigues
J. Pereira Rodrigues
5 goals
XinabajulG. Tinoco Carbajal
G. Tinoco Carbajal
4 goals

Xinabajul missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Xinabajul Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 6 12
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 7
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 4
12 8 1 Scored S 3 8 21
16 5 1 Conceded C 4 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 42%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 25%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 58%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
33% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
3.2 3.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.6
4.6 2.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.8 4.4
2.8 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.5 8.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.5 9.6
4.3 6.2 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4 4.8
23% 23% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 37%
 
10.4 4.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 9.2 8.7
4.5 2.4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Xinabajul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Municipal 12 5 4 3 19 12 7 3 3 1 10 7 5 2 1 2 9 5 7 19
2 Xelaju 12 5 4 3 18 12 7 5 2 0 15 5 5 0 2 3 3 7 6 19
3 Cobán Imperial 11 6 1 4 20 16 6 5 1 0 13 6 5 1 0 4 7 10 4 19
4 Achuapa 13 5 4 4 15 20 6 5 1 0 9 3 7 0 3 4 6 17 -5 19
5 Malacateco 13 5 3 5 19 17 6 4 2 0 13 5 7 1 1 5 6 12 2 18
6 Guastatoya 13 3 8 2 11 7 7 3 3 1 8 2 6 0 5 1 3 5 4 17
7 Comunicaciones 12 4 5 3 16 13 5 2 3 0 8 4 7 2 2 3 8 9 3 17
8 Antigua GFC 12 4 4 4 23 20 5 2 2 1 11 7 7 2 2 3 12 13 3 16
9 Iztapa 12 4 4 4 18 19 5 3 1 1 12 7 7 1 3 3 6 12 -1 16
10 Xinabajul 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 3 2 0 8 4 6 1 0 5 4 11 -3 14
11 Mixco 12 2 5 5 9 18 7 2 2 3 8 11 5 0 3 2 1 7 -9 11
12 Cotzumalguapa 13 2 4 7 12 23 7 2 2 3 6 10 6 0 2 4 6 13 -11 10

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.