Real España get ready to welcome Cartaginés for something different than the ordinary league football: The Concacaf League Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
It's quite the trip for Cartaginés when visiting Real España as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Real España form and stats
Seven points from three Liga Nacional home games is a great start for Real España, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Francisco Morazán.
The España club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Victoria and win 2-1. The victory against Victoria came after García's winning goal. The Real España manager Baldús was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 59th minute.
A Liga Nacional defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Real Sociedad.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Real España's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Real España after this match as they are travelling to Olimpia for a Liga Nacional game in only three days.
The España fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Real España have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cartaginés form and stats
Playing away, Cartaginés have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera Division this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Cartaginés, but there's smiles all around after the 5-3 victory versus Grecia last time out. As you can tell from the result, the match against Grecia was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 1-2 defeat away at Perez Zeledon before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cartaginés when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Puntarenas.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cartaginés have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
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| Real España | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 43 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 27 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 9 | 11 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Motagua | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | Vida | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Real España | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Marathon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Victoria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Honduras Progreso | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 8 | UPNFM | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Olancho | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puntarenas | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | San Carlos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Perez Zeledon | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Grecia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 6 | Cartaginés | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
