Liga Nacional: Motagua are ready for the visit of Marathón in what could be an engaging football match. Here's a full preview!
- Motagua have the most scored goals (26) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Marathón have scored away.
This should be an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Motagua form and stats
Motagua have collected 13 points from their Liga Nacional home games so far after 4-1-0. Two home wins in a row for Motagua bring valid hopes of a third.
A strong away win for Motagua against Platense the last match, as I. López, G. Klusener and K. López were on target.
Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Victoria.The manager D. Vásquez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Marathón in only four days.
Motagua are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Motagua have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Marathón form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Marathón playing as the away team in the Liga Nacional this season.
Marathón are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Liga Nacional against Honduras Progreso (placed 8th).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to UPNFM.A quick return to home after this game, as Marathón are hosting Motagua in the Concacaf League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Marathón as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Marathón have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Marathón - Motagua 2-0 entered in the official records. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Motagua won six, Marathón triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. López Maldonado 6 goals |  B. Castillo 5 goals | G. Klusener 3 goals |
Motagua missing players
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| Motagua | Marathón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 92% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 17% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 23% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 13.6 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 9.2 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 4 |
| 52% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 38% |
- Marathón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Motagua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Motagua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motagua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Motagua have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Marathón have scored away.
- Motagua have the most scored goals (26) 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 | Vida | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Motagua | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 | Real Espana | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Marathón | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | UPNFM | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 8 | Honduras Progreso | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Victoria | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | -22 | 6 |
| 10 | Platense | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -19 | 5 |