Match Info

Liga Nacional - Apertura - Round 3

Date: 7 August 2026, Friday

Location: Estadio Santa Lucía (Malacatán)

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	Malacateco		Xelajú

	1	X	2
	2.00	2.80	3.70
	1.90	2.70	4.35
	1.88	2.90	5.58
	1.88	2.86	5.32
	1.92	2.85	4.45
	2.03	3.02	4.06	Watch
	1.87	2.85	4.30
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.93 ↓ (1.97)	2.85 ↓ (3.3)	4.54 ↑ (3.55)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.00

The best margin for this event is 5.6%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Malacateco
47.6%

Draw
32.1%

Xelajú
20.2%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

46.5%

27.7%

25.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Malacateco has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.1%)

Xelajú has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-5.6%)

Note: This is a significant drop in prediction, and Xelajú might be facing challenges that affect their performance.

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
33.3%	33.3%	33.3%

Malacateco - Xelajú Predictions

Users Predictions: 3 users predict this event. Malacateco will win (votes: 1 - 33.3%). Xelajú will win (votes: 1 - 33.3%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 33.3%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:0

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
. Guzman A. (G) . Andrade N. . Canales A. . Cummings H. . Esqueda Romero J. A. . Longo J. . Meneses R. . Morales F. . Quinones E. . Ramirez K. . Soto A.	89. Alvarez M. (G) 52. Aparicio J. 26. Cardoza E. 29. Casas D. 18. Castaneda J. 6. de Leon M. 12. Gonzalez E. 14. Gonzalez J. 10. Lopez A. 71. Mejia O. 25. Ruiz K.
Substitutes
. Castaneda J. . de Leon I. . Garcia R. . Jimenez M. (G) . Morales A. . Paz V. . Perez S. . Quinteros F. . Vasquez G.	11. Cardenas S. 16. Cardona J. 21. Lopez A. 31. Ovando D. 20. Quezada Gamez H. E. 98. Sican E. (G) 8. Ubico J.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
31', Cardoza E. 🟨,
34', Esqueda Romero J. A. 🟨,
2nd Half (2 - 2)
46', Castaneda J. ↓, Cardona J. ↑,
58', 1 - 0, Canales A. ⚽,
58', Lopez A. ↓,
58', Cardoza E. ↓, Cardenas S. ↑,
58', Gonzalez E. ↓, Marquez R. ↑,
58', de Leon M. 🟨,
73', de Leon M. ↓, Quezada Gamez H. E. ↑,
74', 1 - 1, Ruiz K. ⚽,
83', Quinones E. ↓, Garcia R. ↑,
90', 1 - 2, Quezada Gamez H. E. ⚽,
90+2', 🟨,
90+7', 2 - 2, Andrade N. ⚽,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Malacateco won 1.

Xelajú may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

In this match, Malacateco is the team to beat.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Malacateco won 9 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 9 matches, and goals 18:17. (average 0.9:0.9).

Including home matches between the teams, Malacateco won 8 matches, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 13:3. (average 1.3:0.3).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
5	Xelaju	12	5	3	4	24:14	10	18
11	Malacateco	12	3	3	6	12:19	-7	12

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Deportivo Malacateco
Guatemala Liga Nacional
01.08.26	Deportivo Guastatoya - Malacateco	4:0 ✺
25.07.26	Malacateco - Cobán Imperial	1:1 ✺
26.04.26	Malacateco - Comunicaciones	1:0 ✺
19.04.26	Antigua GFC - Malacateco	2:1 ✺
16.04.26	Malacateco - Cobán Imperial	2:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 3.6 LTWLW
- Club Xelajú
Guatemala Liga Nacional
03.08.26	Xelajú - Aurora	3:1 ✺
CONCACAF Central American Cup
29.07.26	Alajuelense - Xelajú	1:0 ✺
Guatemala Liga Nacional
25.07.26	Deportivo San Pedro - Xelajú	1:0 ✺
23.05.26	Xelajú - Municipal	1:2 ✺
16.05.26	Municipal - Xelajú	4:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 1.5 WLLLL

Latest Head to Head

Guatemala Liga Nacional
05.04.26	Xelajú - Malacateco	1:0
18.02.26	Malacateco - Xelajú	1:0
28.09.25	Xelajú - Malacateco	3:0
19.07.25	Malacateco - Xelajú	0:1
15.03.25	Xelajú - Malacateco	2:1
29.01.25	Malacateco - Xelajú	2:1
01.11.24	Malacateco - Xelajú	1:0

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