A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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.
Marathón form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal as Marathón, who have the most points (19) at home in Liga Nacional, have scored 16 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).Marathón lost their last game at Motagua after a 1-5 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Marathón lost 1-2 at Vida's place.
Marathón can score goals in their home matches. After 8 matches they have found the net 16 times. 10 goals have been conceded.
Honduras Progreso form and stats
Honduras Progreso, who have the fewest points (1) away in Liga Nacional, have only collected 1 point from their away games after 0-1-7 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Honduras Progreso's last three away games as they have all been lost.Honduras Progreso are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Liga Nacional against UPNFM. Prior to that match, the Honduras Progreso manager R. Clavasquín faced defeat when travelling to Real Espana and losing 0-2.
Honduras Progreso are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 4 goals from 8 away games. Honduras Progreso are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 4 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Honduras Progreso - Marathón 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 7 - 0 - 3 (Marathón wins - draws - Honduras Progreso wins).Top Goalscorers
  J. Arboleda 17 goals |   Yerson Gutiérrez 13 goals |  Y. Lahera 8 goals |
Marathón missing players
Honduras Progreso missing players
| Marathón | Honduras Progreso | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | Played | 17 | 34 |
| 55 | 36 | Scored | 19 | 37 |
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | 36 | 61 |
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | 94% | 94% |
| 78% | 83% | Over 1.5 | 94% | 79% |
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 71% | 56% |
| 33% | 44% | Over 3.5 | 47% | 32% |
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 18% | 18% |
| 69% | 83% | Both teams to score | 53% | 53% |
| 19% | 17% | Clean Sheet | 12% | 21% |
| 17% | 6% | Failed To Score | 41% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Honduras Progreso is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Marathón is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | 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 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 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 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 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 |
