Both UPNFM and Motagua are hungry for points in this match, despite the visitors holding a 14 point edge from earlier matches.
- UPNFM have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga Nacional
- Motagua have won significantly less corners away then at home.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
UPNFM form and stats
UPNFM have played 9 Liga Nacional games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse.
UPNFM's last game was hosting Vida and winning 3-2. The force was strong with UPNFM in their previous game playing Vida. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from Mejía and Uclés the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win. Manager Fernández felt very clever after Mejía scored the winning goal against Vida, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 68th minute.
Ahead of that match, UPNFM won a home game hosting Marathon (2-1).Take note that 9 of the latest 12 league matches from this club have had goals from both teams.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for UPNFM as they are travelling to their away game against Real Sociedad in the Liga Nacional. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from UPNFM in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the UPNFM defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Motagua form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Nacional.
Tejeda was the last player to score for the away team. Motagua haven't scored a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
Motagua lost away at Olimpia (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Olimpia.A new game in only four days for Motagua, the Liga Nacional home match versus Real Espana. Busy days.
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. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Motagua in these games.
Head 2 Head
Motagua have avoided a loss in the last 10 games (6-4-0) versus UPNFM.Here's what happened when the participants faced each other previously this season; Motagua - UPNFM 2-2. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Leverón Uclés 5 goals |  O. Morazán Torres 3 goals | S. Elvir Suniga 2 goals |
UPNFM missing players
Motagua missing players
| UPNFM | Motagua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 34 |
| 31 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 28 |
| 94% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 89% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 67% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 64% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 61% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 55% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 27% |
| 28% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 23% |
| 4 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 9.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.7 | 11.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 32% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 15.6 | 14 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4 |
- Motagua have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- UPNFM have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UPNFM have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) 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 |
