Tense top table cliff-hanger in Liga Nacional as Motagua have travelled the 0 miles necessary to challenge Olimpia at their Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.
- Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga Nacional
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Olimpia nor Motagua as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olimpia form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano for Olimpia. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Olimpia, as their goalkeeper Edrick Eduardo Menjivar Jonhnson has completely shut out the opponents for 568 minutes in the Liga Nacional.
Happy days for Olimpia in their previous game, a fixture away at Vida that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Before that, Olimpia drew at home versus Marathon.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Olimpia matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
It should be noted that a look at the 17 most recent league games shows that 14 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
A decent goal production from Olimpia in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olimpia have only let in {3 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Motagua form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Nacional.
Motagua's previous game was their home loss versus Olancho (0-1).
Before that, Motagua travelled to Victoria and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Motagua have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. 11 goals have been conceded by Motagua in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest matches featuring these opponents have all finished as Olimpia wins. Will history repeat itself?The latest logged history featuring both these contenders is the Olimpia - Motagua 2-0 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Bengtson Bodden 2 goals |  J. Pinto 2 goals | B. Velásquez Moya 2 goals |
Olimpia missing players
Motagua missing players
| Olimpia | Motagua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 40 | 23 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 38 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 33 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 62% | 77% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 69% | 69% |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 54% | 62% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 54% |
| 65% | 69% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 31% | 27% |
| 19% | 15% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.1 | 10.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 34% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 36% | 33% |
| 9.1 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
- Motagua have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Olimpia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olimpia have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home 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 (7) in Liga Nacional
- Olimpia have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Liga Nacional
- Olimpia have the most clean sheets (17) in Liga Nacional
- Olimpia have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Liga Nacional
- Olimpia have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Liga Nacional
- Olimpia have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 España | 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 |
