A highly important fixture in Liga Nacional as both teams are challenging for the top positions. With Motagua in 3rd position and Vida at 1st, this has all the looks of an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!
- Motagua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vida is in the best form (4-2-0)
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
Seven points from three Liga Nacional home games is a great start for Motagua, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse.
The fans are hoping that Motagua will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga Nacional game against Real Espana (placed 4th). The defeat against Real Espana was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by R. Rocca).
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Honduras Progreso.There will be little rest for Motagua after this match as they are travelling to UPNFM for a Liga Nacional game in only three days.
The Motagua manager D. Vásquez has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. From these home matches, Motagua have conceded only 2 goals.
Vida form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga Nacional matches, Vida have produced an overall stat of 1-3-0 so far.
Vida play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Platense (placed 9th). Á. Tejeda certainly enjoyed Vida's last game versus Platense, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Real Espana.A quick return to home after this game, as Vida are hosting Honduras Progreso in the Liga Nacional only four days away.
The Vida manager F. Mendes Mira has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Vida struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Motagua, three draws and two wins for Vida. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Tejeda Escobar 7 goals |  M. Vega Ordoñez 3 goals | W. Martínez Betanco 2 goals |
Motagua missing players
Vida missing players
| Motagua | Vida | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 88% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 13.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.5 | 6 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 3.2 |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 58% |
- All of Vida's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Motagua have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vida have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vida have not yet lost a game.
- Vida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vida have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vida have scored in all their matches so far.
- Vida have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Liga Nacional
- Vida have the most scored goals (9) away in Liga Nacional
- Vida have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vida haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vida is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vida | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Motagua | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Real Espana | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | UPNFM | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Marathon | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Honduras Progreso | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 9 | Platense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 5 |
| 10 | Victoria | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -12 | 3 |