This Saturday Cobán Imperial has the opportunity to seal its ticket to the semifinals of Clausura 2026. The Blue Princes visit the Santo Domingo de Guzmán Stadium with a 2-0 lead from the first leg and with the peace of mind of knowing that they qualify with any result other than a defeat by two goals or more.
For Mixco, on the other hand, the mission is clear: they need to win by at least two goals difference to advance directly, a complicated but not impossible task for Fabricio Benítez’s team.
In the first leg, Cobán was superior for much of the match at the José Ángel Rossi Stadium. The first goal came in the 10th minute with a shot by Ángel Cabrera after a quick transition, and in the 35th minute captain Janderson Pereira extended the lead with a powerful shot. Cobán even had the chance to extend the lead with a penalty in the 53rd minute that Marcos Acosta could not convert, but the Cobaneros resisted even with ten men after the expulsion of Carlos Joaquín Flores in the 72nd minute to maintain the result until the end.
Mixco comes into this return match with the need for Nicolás Martínez, Clausura 2026’s top scorer with 15 goals, to appear at the most important moment. The Chicharroneros showed defensive weaknesses in the first leg and will have to correct them if they want to generate enough danger to turn the series around. Cobán, for his part, arrives with the confidence of a team that knew how to defend the advantage with ten men.
What each team needs
- Cobán Imperial qualifies with a draw or victory, and also if it loses by a single goal difference.
- Mixco needs to win by two goals to zero to qualify directly since the position in the classification table favors it.
Match details
- Date: Saturday May 2, 2026
- Hour: 3:00 PM Guatemala time
- Stadium: Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Mixco
- First leg result: Cobán Imperial 2-0 Mixco
The winner of this series will be the first team to secure its place in the semifinals of Clausura 2026, where it will face the winner of the key between Comunicaciones and Antigua GFC in what promises to be a final phase of the highest level in Guatemalan soccer.