UPNFM have come here for an action-packed fight versus the home side Real España. Prepare for the game with this thorough Liga Nacional preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Real España form and stats
The hosts won their first Liga Nacional game here at Estadio Francisco Morazán, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Real España last season were 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from 9 games.
Real España are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Olimpia. As you see from the result above, Real España suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Comunicaciones in the Concacaf Central American Cup. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Real España matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
Real España has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
UPNFM form and stats
One match played away so far in the Liga Nacional for UPNFM and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses from 9 games.
UPNFM had fun at their own home (Estadio Francisco Morazán) last time out, beating Real Sociedad 2-0. Flores and Portillo scored.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Motagua that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and UPNFM playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 1 home win.
{1 goals} so far away for UPNFM, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Real España have avoided defeat in the last 15 games (9-6-0) facing UPNFM.Top Goalscorers
  R. Rocca 6 goals | G. Montes Escobar 1 goals |  J. Benavidez Banegas 1 goals |
Real España missing players
UPNFM missing players
| Real España | UPNFM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 38% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 8.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| 5.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Real España | Last season | UPNFM | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 12 | 16 | ||
| 59 | 33 | Scored | S | 19 | 50 | ||
| 48 | 22 | Conceded | C | 40 | 62 | ||
| 90% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 76% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 95% | 87% | ||
| 48% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 58% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 55% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 63% | ||
| 26% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 21% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 21% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Genesis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | UPNFM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Olancho | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Marathon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Real España | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Motagua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Victoria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Vida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Olancho | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Real España | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Marathon | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | Motagua | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | UPNFM | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Vida | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 16 |
| 9 | Honduras Progreso | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Victoria | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -23 | 13 |
