Match Report
The table read 8th (Vida, 20 pts) against 2nd (Motagua, 34 pts), 14 points apart. Vida ranked just 20th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Vida were scoring 1.44 and conceding 1.94, Motagua 1.67 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Vida had gone 6 games without a win. Defeat had not touched Motagua in 10 games. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Vida against 9/15 for Motagua.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 2 for Vida, 7 for Motagua and 2 drawn, at 2.64 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 82% of the meetings went to the host.
Estadio Municipal Ceibeño Nilmo Edwards in La Ceiba staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Motagua led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.