The visiting Motagua side should be favourites in this visit to Juticalpa, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
Juticalpa and Motagua should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Juticalpa form and stats
Juticalpa's struggle is real here at Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas with only 8 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-5-2.Juticalpa's previous game was a Liga Nacional match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Platense. The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Juticalpa lost 0-4 at Olimpia's place.
Juticalpa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Motagua form and stats
As the visiting team Motagua have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.Motagua won their last game, 5-1 versus Marathon played at home. Prior to that match, the Motagua manager D. Vásquez faced defeat when travelling to Platense and losing 1-2.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games, an average of less than one per game. Motagua are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Motagua - Juticalpa 4-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Juticalpa 0 wins, 3 draws and Motagua 7 victories.Top Goalscorers
  R. Moreira 16 goals |  C. Lanza 14 goals |  K. López 9 goals |
Juticalpa missing players
Motagua missing players
| Juticalpa | Motagua | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | Played | 19 | 38 |
| 37 | 21 | Scored | 20 | 59 |
| 64 | 26 | Conceded | 16 | 25 |
| 89% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 89% | 95% |
| 83% | 82% | Over 1.5 | 63% | 58% |
| 54% | 53% | Over 2.5 | 26% | 32% |
| 34% | 35% | Over 3.5 | 11% | 21% |
| 17% | 12% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 8% |
| 63% | 65% | Both teams to score | 47% | 34% |
| 14% | 18% | Clean Sheet | 37% | 47% |
| 34% | 29% | Failed To Score | 26% | 24% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 6 |
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 2 | Marathón | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Motagua | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Real España | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | UPNFM | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Platense | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Real de Minas | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Juticalpa | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 15 |
| 9 | Vida | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 11 |
| 10 | Honduras Progreso | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -20 | 8 |
