More points have been won by Motagua at this point, with their 2nd place in the Liga Nacional table and anticipating the visit of Marathón (who are sitting at 6th).
- Motagua have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Liga Nacional
- Marathón have the most scored goals (35) in Liga Nacional
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.
Motagua form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Nacional for Motagua at their home stadium (Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Motagua have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The home fans saw a 2-2 draw versus Marathón last time out and are looking for a victory here.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Real Sociedad.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Motagua handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Motagua can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 19 times. 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Marathón form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (35) in Liga Nacional, are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Nacional.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Motagua in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Honduras Progreso wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Marathón are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's last 11 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Marathón have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Marathón have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Motagua have avoided defeat in the last 9 games (6-3-0) versus Marathón.Motagua - Marathón 2-2 was the outcome when this pair of sides previously met, some time ago this season. The referee got to use his red card when these teams last played each other, and the recipient was Orellana (Marathón). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Zúniga Bernárdez 18 goals | D. Ramírez 5 goals | I. Castillo 3 goals |
Motagua missing players
Marathón missing players
| Motagua | Marathón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 20 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 20 | 39 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 59 | 37 | 9 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | 58 |
| 51 | 29 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 47 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 90% | 95% |
| 72% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 79% |
| 62% | 75% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 41% | 55% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 28% |
| 8% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 10% | 10% |
| 59% | 75% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 56% |
| 26% | 15% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 30% | 33% |
| 21% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 9.9 | 12 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 37% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 30% | 35% |
| 9.3 | 10.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.6 | 8.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
- Marathón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Marathón have the most scored goals (35) in Liga Nacional
- Marathón have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Motagua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motagua have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Motagua | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Olancho | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Real Espana | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 5 | Victoria | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Marathón | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Vida | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | UPNFM | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Honduras Progreso | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | -27 | 10 |
