Motagua are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Victoria

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Competition: Honduras Liga Nacional
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (35000 seats)

Liga Nacional: What this match might not have in glamour it should pay back in effort and enthusiasm. Get ready for Motagua - Victoria!

Insights:
  • Motagua have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Victoria have the fewest scored goals (10) in Liga Nacional

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Motagua and Victoria.

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Motagua form and stats

Motagua are steadily winning Liga Nacional games and points here at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino. 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Motagua have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A strong away win for Motagua against Real Espana the last match, as Meléndez and Tejeda were on target.

In the match before that, Motagua hosted Vida and drew the game 0-0.

Goals are plentiful at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in the league this season as Motagua has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. From these home matches, Motagua have conceded only 8 goals.

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Victoria form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Victoria so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Victoria hope to make it five in this match.

249 minutes! That's how long the Victoria goalkeeper Harold Geovanny Fonseca Baca and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Victoria play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Platense.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Real Sociedad.

Victoria are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 41 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were seven wins, nine draws and 25 defeats. Of the defeats, 14 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

A new game in only four days for Victoria, the Liga Nacional home match versus UPNFM. Busy days.

Goals are few and far between in Victoria's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Victoria manager Ordóñez has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the match result Motagua - Victoria 5-0 entered in the official records. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Motagua won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Victoria got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

MotaguaK. López Maldonado
K. López Maldonado
10 goals
MotaguaG. Klusener
G. Klusener
4 goals
MotaguaR. Moreira Aldana
R. Moreira Aldana
4 goals

Motagua missing players

Victoria missing players

Motagua Victoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 2 10 21
13 8 3 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 0 Drew D 1 2 2
5 1 0 Lost L 1 6 12
46 27 11 Scored S 0 6 18
28 10 3 Conceded C 3 20 33
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 95%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 90% 81%
64% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 43%
32% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
24% 33% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
60% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 29%
28% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 29%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 48%
 
6.2 6.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.6 4.8
4.6 4.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 7.4 5.6
2.2 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.2 12.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 2 4.8 2.7
4.3 5.4 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.2 1.1
44% 42% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 60%
 
8.4 10.1 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 11 5.6
3.3 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 2.8
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • 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 more than double the goals of Victoria.
  • Motagua have the most scored goals (23) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Motagua have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Motagua have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Liga Nacional
  • Motagua have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Victoria have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Victoria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Victoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Victoria have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga Nacional
  • Victoria have the fewest scored goals (10) in Liga Nacional
  • Victoria have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Liga Nacional
  • Victoria have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Liga Nacional
  • Victoria have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Victoria is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Real Espana 18 11 5 2 32 15 9 5 3 1 18 11 9 6 2 1 14 4 17 38
2 Vida 18 10 6 2 30 17 9 7 2 0 15 5 9 3 4 2 15 12 13 36
3 Olimpia 18 10 5 3 35 14 9 6 3 0 18 4 9 4 2 3 17 10 21 35
4 Motagua 18 10 5 3 37 20 9 7 1 1 23 8 9 3 4 2 14 12 17 35
5 UPNFM 18 7 6 5 28 21 9 4 4 1 15 5 9 3 2 4 13 16 7 27
6 Marathon 18 8 3 7 25 19 9 5 2 2 16 8 9 3 1 5 9 11 6 27
7 Real Sociedad 18 4 4 10 20 41 9 2 3 4 10 21 9 2 1 6 10 20 -21 16
8 Honduras Progreso 18 4 3 11 19 31 9 3 2 4 11 13 9 1 1 7 8 18 -12 15
9 Victoria 18 4 2 12 10 32 9 3 0 6 6 12 9 1 2 6 4 20 -22 14
10 Platense 18 1 3 14 19 45 9 1 1 7 13 23 9 0 2 7 6 22 -26 6