There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 meeting between Real España and Vancouver Whitecaps. Game on!
Vancouver Whitecaps play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture takes place on grass. Up to date statistics for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing on grass are 2 wins, 8 draws and 13 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored {22 goals} and conceded 43 times on these occasions.
Vancouver Whitecaps have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 6200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer.
Real España form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Nacional for Real España at their home stadium (Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The club members hope that Real España will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the CONCACAF Champions League fixture against Vancouver Whitecaps. Montes was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.21 out of 10. The defender Montes won 6 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match, Real España lost 0-3 at home to Motagua.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga Nacional game versus Marathon in only two days. This game is also played here at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano.
The España fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Real España's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
Vancouver Whitecaps played 1-1 against Dallas in their previous match. Veselinović, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Veselinović won 4 of 5 duels.
A home victory as predicted against Real España ahead of that, in the CONCACAF Champions League.
The schedule is very tough for Vancouver Whitecaps now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at LA Galaxy is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other previously this season, with the match result Vancouver Whitecaps - España 5-0 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Rocca 6 goals | G. Montes Escobar 1 goals |
Real España missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Real España | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| 12 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 27 |
| 2 | Olancho | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | UPNFM | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Motagua | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Marathon | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Real España | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Vida | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Victoria | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 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 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 6 |
