Will Marathón manage to maintain its hegemony at home against Real España? – Honduran football

The 251st edition of the Sampedrano Classic between Marathón and Real España will be played on Wednesday at the Olympic Stadium.

Marathón, second in the standings with 23 points, has the mission not to lose sight of the leader Olimpia (27) who faces Motagua on Thursday, Real España with 18 points will look to continue climbing after obtaining 18 points before the playoff break.

The Green Monster secured an emphatic 3-1 victory in Juticalpa thanks to a hat-trick from Argentine Nicolas Messinitti. 18′, 33′ and 45′ for the locals, Josué Villafranca scored in the 67th minute. Messinitti is the Apertura’s top scorer with 11 goals.

La Realeza also won in its last outing, 1-2 at the Excelsior (Yeison Moreno 48′, Wesley Decas 70′ minutes and for the Selacios the young Ofir Padilla 13 minutes.

On matchday three, Real España beat Marathón 1-0 at Morazán Stadium thanks to a goal from Jack Jean Baptiste in the 44th minute.

How is the series going?

• Edition 251 of the “Sampedrano derby”, the Real España club has an advantage in the series with 93 victories, while Marathón accumulates 79 victories, also with 78 draws; 316 goals were scored by the “machine”, 281 goals were scored by the “purslanes”.
• Marathón at home records 5 wins in its last 6 matches against Real España (5W-1L), this defeat was 0-1 in the 5th opening day 2024 (August 24) at the Yankel Rosenthal stadium, the goal was scored by Brayan Moya.
• Pablo Lavallén as coach against Real España faced them 3 times and lost all 3 times (2 times with Olimpia, 1 time with Marathón), in fact he recorded 2 games in a row without scoring a goal against aurinegro for the first time since he was coach of the National League.
• For its part, Real España has only recorded one victory in its last 12 visits to the league (1W-5D-6L), this victory was 0-3 against CD Choloma on the 4th day of this tournament (August 9) at the Rubén Deras stadium in Choloma, the goals were the work of Daniel Aparicio, Darixon Vuelto de Cabeza and Gustavo Souza.
• Jeaustin Campos visiting Marathón records 1 victory (0x1 during the 5th day of Apertura 2024) and 1 defeat (1×0 during the 14th day of Clausura 2025), this will be the 2nd time that the Costa Rican coach faces Marathón at the Olympic stadium, he records 1 defeat (1×0, 14th day of Clausura 2025).
• For Pablo Lavallén, it will be the 3rd time that he will manage at the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium, he recorded 1 defeat (with Olimpia 1×10 against Real España on the 14th day of Clausura 2022) and 1 victory (with Marathon 2×0 against Olimpia on the 7th day of Apertura 2025).
• Jeaustin Campos recorded 6 consecutive games without a win as a visitor against South American coaches in the league (4D-2E), in fact, this streak is his last 6 away games.