Football match betting preview: Xinabajul vs Iztapa

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Los Cuchumatanes (5433 seats)

Important clash in the bottom section of the Liga Nacional, with both Xinabajul and Iztapa experiencing more angst than bliss. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the home team at 10th and the guests in 9th position.

Insights:
  • Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the fewest clean sheets (1) 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 Iztapa.

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Xinabajul form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Nacional, Xinabajul have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. When Xinabajul hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Santa Lucia, Mixco and Xinabajul), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Xinabajul are confident in defense, having played 278 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Xinabajul are returning here after visiting Santa Lucia and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guastatoya in a game that was won 1-0.

Xinabajul has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Xinabajul have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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).

There were no winners in Iztapa's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Municipal. It looked so good for Iztapa vs Municipal, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Prior to that match, the Iztapa manager Gutiérrez faced defeat when travelling to Xelajú and losing 0-3.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 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. When Iztapa is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Santa Lucia, Iztapa and Mixco.

Head 2 Head

Xinabajul and Iztapa have met previously this season: Iztapa - Xinabajul 0-1. Numbers for the prior six meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Xinabajul, two draws and two wins for Iztapa. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

IztapaJ. Cano Barrios
J. Cano Barrios
9 goals
XinabajulP. Dantaz Paredes
P. Dantaz Paredes
7 goals
XinabajulG. Tinoco Carbajal
G. Tinoco Carbajal
7 goals

Xinabajul missing players

Iztapa missing players

Xinabajul Iztapa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 2 12 25
9 6 1 Won W 1 1 8
6 4 1 Drew D 1 4 7
10 2 0 Lost L 0 7 10
25 16 3 Scored S 5 9 36
29 10 2 Conceded C 4 24 41
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 84%
36% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
16% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 24%
44% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 60%
28% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
32% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 36%
 
4 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 3.8 5
4.9 2.9 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.3
3 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7 8.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 7.7 12
3.6 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 4.1
28% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 27% 35%
 
9.3 4.6 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 11.4
3.8 2.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • 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.
  • Xinabajul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Liga Nacional
  • Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga Nacional
  • Xinabajul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 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 Santa Lucia 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.