Both Xinabajul and Malacateco are desperate for points in this match, despite the away team having a 8 point edge in the league table.
- Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) 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 Malacateco.
Xinabajul form and stats
Xinabajul have collected 19 points from their Liga Nacional home games so far after 5-4-2. When Xinabajul hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Antigua GFC, Comunicaciones and Coban Imperial), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Xinabajul, who played 0-0 against Malacateco. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Los Cuchumatanes).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Achuapa (2-4).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Xinabajul handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Xinabajul are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Xinabajul are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Los Cuchumatanes in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Malacateco form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Malacateco so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
Malacateco has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Xinabajul for a 0-0 draw.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Municipal.Malacateco are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Malacateco rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the match result Malacateco - Xinabajul 2-1 written in the official records. The match official had use for red card when these teams last met, and the recipient was Quinonez (Xinabajul). Xinabajul-Malacateco H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Xinabajul two wins, Malacateco two wins, one draw. five of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Tinoco Carbajal 9 goals |  P. Dantaz Paredes 7 goals | M. Ceballos Flores 3 goals |
Xinabajul missing players
Malacateco missing players
| Xinabajul | Malacateco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 30 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 42 |
| 39 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 41 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 76% | 73% |
| 39% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 59% | 55% |
| 19% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | 21% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 42% | 47% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 59% | 58% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | 33% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.8 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 7.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 4 |
| 27% | 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 31% | 32% |
| 8.6 | 4 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.5 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Malacateco have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Malacateco have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Malacateco have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Malacateco have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga Nacional
- Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 | 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 | 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 |
