Deportivo Mixco vs Xelaju Prediction & Betting Tips (11 September)

Although results have picked up a bit recently, the fact that Deportivo Mixco have recorded just two victories in their previous 11 top-flight home fixtures, losing on five occasions, goes a long way towards explaining why they find themselves locked in a difficult battle. As for title-chasing Xelaju, they have triumphed four times in five trips at this level of late.

Both meetings between these two teams in the playoffs last season served up under 2.5 goals, meaning that Deportivo Mixco have now been involved in seven consecutive matches of this low-scoring variety. As for Xelaju, seven of their previous ten away games at this level have produced no more than a couple of goals, so don’t expect a feast of attacking football.

At least one of the two keepers has emerged with a clean sheet from 11 of the most recent 16 Deportivo Mixco matches on their own patch in the Liga Nacional, so thrills and spills have been few and far between. Given that seven of the previous ten Xelaju away games at this level have followed the same pattern, any deviation from this script would come as a shock.