Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Marathón 4th on 28, Honduras Progreso 9th on 13. Honduras Progreso ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Honduras Progreso were scoring 1 and conceding 1.78, Marathón 1 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Honduras Progreso had gone 8 games without a win. From the last five rounds, Honduras Progreso held 3 points of 15 and Marathón 9.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Honduras Progreso 0, draws 3, Marathón 2, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. In 80% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
The venue was Estadio Humberto Micheletti in El Progreso, with room for 5,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Honduras Progreso led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.