Motagua vs Olimpia: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Honduras Liga Nacional
Competition: Fri 09.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (35000 seats)

Action is expected at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino when Motagua host Olimpia in what could be a first-class fixture. Read on!

Insights:
  • Motagua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga Nacional

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Motagua form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Nacional, Motagua have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

The Motagua regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Victoria and win 2-1. A big relief, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in seven games in a row.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Victoria the opponent.

Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.

Goals decide football matches and Motagua are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Motagua have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Olimpia form and stats

Olimpia have an excellent away record in the Liga Nacional so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Olimpia, as they have won on their previous two travels.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Marathon with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Until that defeat this club had won at least one point from six league games in a row.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Marathon at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Olimpia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Olimpia as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met earlier this season: Olimpia - Motagua 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Motagua victories, four draws and three Olimpia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OlimpiaJ. Bengtson Bodden
J. Bengtson Bodden
7 goals
OlimpiaM. Chirinos Cortez
M. Chirinos Cortez
7 goals
MotaguaÁ. Tejeda Escobar
Á. Tejeda Escobar
6 goals

Motagua missing players

Olimpia missing players

Motagua Olimpia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 1 10 20
10 5 0 Won W 1 6 12
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
34 21 1 Scored S 1 13 29
25 14 3 Conceded C 0 6 12
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
75% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 65%
70% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 30%
45% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 35%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 55%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 20%
 
4.1 5.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.2 4.2
4.8 4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.6
2.9 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.4 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.4 14 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3 12.3 10.9
4.4 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.3
35% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 34%
 
10.1 10.9 4 Shots against (avg) S A 2 9.6 8.3
3.9 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Motagua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Motagua have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Motagua have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Motagua haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Olimpia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olimpia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the most clean sheets (11) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the most clean sheets (5) away in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the most points (18) away in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the the best goal difference (+17) in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga Nacional
  • Olimpia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Olimpia is in the best form (4-1-1) in Liga Nacional

  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