After the first game it's Marathón - Motagua 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Liga Nacional game of the season?
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Liga Nacional match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Honduras Progreso.
Marathón form and stats
An away draw last time out for Marathón, facing Honduras Progreso in a game that ended 1-1. Before that, Marathón had a home game versus Honduras Progreso which ended with a victory 1-0.
The manager H. Vargas Baldús will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vida in only three days.
Last season, Marathón's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Liga Nacional. Over these 18 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Marathón managed 5-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 10 conceded.
Motagua form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga Nacional, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 6 matches.
It's the second away game in a row for Motagua, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus UPNFM in the Liga Nacional last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Olimpia.
Late drama in the previous game, when G. Klusener scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat UPNFM.
A new game in only four days for Motagua, the Liga Nacional home match versus Real Sociedad. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Motagua has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Motagua performed last season in the Liga Nacional: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 10/12 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Marathón-Motagua H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Marathón two wins, Motagua five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Marathón missing players
Motagua missing players
| Marathón | Motagua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Marathón | Last season | Motagua | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 69 | 38 | Scored | S | 22 | 61 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 91% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 71% | ||
| 66% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 54% | ||
| 43% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 29% | ||
| 23% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 17% | ||
| 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 54% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 34% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 367 | 224 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 355 | ||
| 161 | 102 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 157 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Platense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Vida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Honduras Progreso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Marathón | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Real España | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Motagua | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Marathón | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Real España | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Vida | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Real de Minas | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Platense | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 9 | UPNFM | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 10 | Honduras Progreso | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 8 |