The first of two encounters in the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16, as the hometeam Motagua will try to edge Pachuca in their own ballpark.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Motagua and Pachuca should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Motagua form and stats
Last season their CONCACAF Champions League adventure ended in the round of 16 against Seattle Sounders.When playing at home in the Liga Nacional, Motagua have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Happy days for Motagua in their previous game, a fixture away at Real Espana that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Before that, Motagua had a Liga Nacional home game versus UPNFM which ended with a victory 4-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Motagua as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga Nacional match thankfully also at home. Victoria are visiting.
A decent goal production from Motagua in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Motagua have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Pachuca form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga MX.
Two away games in a row for Pachuca, whose manager Álves could celebrate last time after the win against America. It was a convincing performance from Pachuca when America were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. López, Hernández and la Rosa scored their goals. The attacker la Rosa got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. Rosa scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
It was a Liga MX defeat before that one as the away game against Tijuana wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.After this away game Pachuca return home for a Liga MX game against Monterrey. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Pachuca are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Pachuca struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. López Ramírez 9 goals |  G. Cabral Cáceres 4 goals |  A. Hurtado Herrera 4 goals |
Motagua missing players
Pachuca missing players
| Motagua | Pachuca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 57 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 16.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 10.5 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Olancho | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | UPNFM | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Motagua | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Real Espana | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Marathon | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Vida | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 8 | Victoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 9 |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 8 |
| 10 | Honduras Progreso | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monterrey | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Tigres UANL | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Guadalajara | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Pachuca | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Toluca | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | America | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | Leon | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Santos Laguna | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | Tijuana | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Juarez | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Pumas UNAM | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Cruz Azul | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Puebla | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Atlas | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Atletico San Luis | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Necaxa | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Queretaro | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Mazatlan | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
