Vega Real get ready to welcome Municipal for something different than the ordinary league football: The Concacaf League Preliminary Round leg 1 of 2.
The hosts Vega Real saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga Mayor. This match was also played here at Estadio Cibao. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Municipal have had more rest.
Vega Real form and stats
The Vega followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Universidad O&M and win 2-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Moca (0-2).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga Mayor game versus Deportivo Pantoja in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Cibao.
Municipal form and stats
Municipal was sent out of Concacaf League in the 8th finals last season.Municipal have lots to prove after their out-of-character loss (1-4) to Coban Imperial in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. Municipal lost heavily in their last match (against Coban Imperial as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
Prior to that match, the Municipal manager Servin faced defeat when travelling to Comunicaciones and losing 0-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Municipal manager Servin as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Achuapa.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. López Amenábar 1 goals |
Vega Real missing players
Municipal missing players
| Vega Real | Municipal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 57% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 46% | ||
| 5.6 | 3.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coban Imperial | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Xelaju | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Antigua GFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Cotzumalguapa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Guastatoya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Malacateco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Xinabajul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Achuapa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mixco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Municipal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Iztapa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
