The Motagua & Olancho bosses Medina and Rivera are both fearing and eagerly anticipating this crucial game in the higher regions of the Liga Nacional league table.
- Motagua have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga Nacional
- Olancho have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Liga Nacional
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!
Motagua form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Motagua have to build on here at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in the Liga Nacional.
Motagua shared the glory with Victoria in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Real Espana.The manager Medina will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olimpia in only two days.
Goals decide football matches and Motagua are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Olancho form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Nacional. It's all red in the travel logs of Olancho, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The followers enjoyed Olancho's previous game versus Vida, a 3-1 win played at home. Yippee; their first victory in the league after six games not winning.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Victoria's place.Observe that 13 of this team's 17 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting UPNFM in just three days.
Olancho are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Olancho's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Motagua - Olancho 1-3. Andino (Olancho) was sent off when these teams last played each other. Last two meetings with these sides: Motagua won one, Olancho were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. One of the stars has been Hernandez with 2 goals scored against Olancho in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Auzmendi 12 goals | C. Altamirano Metzgen 6 goals | C. Lanza Martínez 3 goals |
Motagua missing players
Olancho missing players
| Motagua | Olancho | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 38 | 22 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 40 |
| 32 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 31 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 64% | 74% |
| 64% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 64% | 65% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 39% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 61% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 9% | 13% |
| 20% | 8% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 26% |
| 4.3 | 5.3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.6 | 12.9 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
| 34% | 32% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 32% |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.2 | 7.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Motagua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motagua have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Motagua haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Olancho have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Liga Nacional
- Olancho haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | Marathon | 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 |
