Honduras – Panama SOCCER PICKS
Honduras and Panama face at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, in a friendly match. This will be the 4th of the year for Honduras, after the previous disputes against the United Arab Emirates, El Salvador and the Republic of Korea. In the case of Panama, this is their 9th friendly match of the year, after having already faced the Republic of Korea, Japan, Venezuela, Norway, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Switzerland and Denmark. The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, since there were 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 matches. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 14-06-2017, ended with a draw by (2-2). In this game the home factor may be decisive, since Panama presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.
Honduras:
This is the 4th friendly match of the year for the home team, after previous friendlies in which they registered the following results: United Arab Emirates (1-1) Honduras, Honduras (0-1) El Salvador and Republic of Korea (2-) 0) Honduras. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 13 suffered. Honduras have won 3, tied 4 and lost 3 of the last 10 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In 11 games, he only managed 1 comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Honduran team enters this game motivated, after a draw, by 1-1, against the United Arab Emirates, thus registering the fifth consecutive game without winning in several competitions: the only goal of the team was scored by Kyoto. The Honduran team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-4-2, favoring quick transitions. In this tactical drawing, the intervener with the most influence in the game of his team is the midfielder of Tenerife, Bryan Acosta. Everything indicates that the coach should use a starting eleven very similar to the last game.
Panama:
This is the visitor’s 9th friendly match of the year, after previous friendlies in which they recorded the following results: Republic of Korea (2-2) Panama, Japan (3-0) Panama, Panama (0-2) Venezuela, Norway (1-0) Panama, Panama (0-0) Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago (0-1) Panama, Switzerland (6-0) Panama and Denmark (1-0) Panama. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses in away matches, with 12 goals scored and 32 conceded; against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 18 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 6 away matches for La Amistosos Panama has a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 5 games. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 6 of the last 8 matches, and their offense has not been very effective, as they have not scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 7 of the last 17 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually feels very difficult to score first. In fact, he only opened the score once in the last 8 matches for the Friendlies. In 8 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback.
The Panamanian team enters this match after a draw, by 2×2, against South Korea, placing a final point to six snubs followed in several competitions: the goals were scored by Arroyo and Balckburn. The spearhead Rolando Balckburn, player of The Strongest, is the most offensive reference of the selection of Panama, being that his best weapon is the finalization. The two responsible for supporting the most advanced piece in the field are José Rodríguez and Cooper, being that the last, player of Dynamo Bucharest, is very competent in the offensive organization. There are no important absences for this game.
