Guatemala vs Suriname — match summary
North & Central America · CONCACAF Nations League · kick-off 6 Oct 2026 07:00
Full time · score 1-0
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Guatemala 54 · Suriname 32
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Guatemala 43 · Suriname 31
Shots on target 4-1 · corners 7-3 · possession 55-45
NextGOAL tip: Suriname +0.25 · 2 stars
Guatemala and Suriname meet in the CONCACAF Nations League, with both sides' most recent outing ending in the same scoreline, 0-0, but the paths that brought them here could hardly be more different. Guatemala had just romped to a 6-0 win at home before being held to 0-0, while Suriname put together back-to-back wins in this competition by scores of 3-2 and 2-1 before closing with a goalless draw of their own. Guatemala came through a friendly window on a losing run of two matches, but once they switched into this competition they scored immediately in their first home outing, and the defence has begun to settle after keeping clean sheets in their last two games. Suriname, for their part, are unbeaten in three straight, with both of those wins coming in games where they scored more than one goal. Over the last eleven matches the two teams' profiles are very evenly matched, with shots on target per game and possession separated by less than three percent. These two have met three times recently without either side winning comfortably, with two of those ending in draws and the other a 3-1 Guatemala home win. This one therefore shapes up as a game where both sides trade spells of possession and wait for a mistake rather than throwing men forward from the opening whistle. The thing to watch from the first whistle is how deep Suriname choose to sit, because if they drop off and look to counter, the game could quickly turn into one where goals are hard to come by.