Marathón vs Platense preview for betting prediction

The hosts Marathón saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Concacaf League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Motagua, was also a home game here at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal. The away team is better rested.

Marathón form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal for Marathón. The data says 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

The Marathón crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Motagua here at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal in a Concacaf League match.

Prior to that, an away loss at Motagua in the Liga Nacional.

Marathón are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew two and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Marathón after this match as they are travelling to Olimpia for a Liga Nacional game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Marathón are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Marathón have conceded 7 in these home matches.

Platense form and stats

There's been little loot from Platense's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Liga Nacional. Platense only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Platense are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 7 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Real Sociedad game.)

It might be tough going out on the road again for Platense, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Real España (placed 3rd). Platense were so close to getting something from the game against Real España, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal eight minutes into overtime.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Motagua.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Platense played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

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

The attacking power of Platense when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Platense are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 4 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Platense - Marathón 3-1. Marathón-Platense H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Marathón eight wins, Platense two wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

B. Castillo 5 goals

C. Lanza Martínez 3 goals

Y. Gutiérrez Cuenca 3 goals

Marathón missing players

Platense missing players