FC Motagua (HON) v Tauro FC (CRC) SEMIFINALS, SECOND LEG FC Motagua (HON) v Tauro FC (CRC) OFICIALES DEL PARTIDO R: LOPEZ Castellanos, Walter (GUA) AR1: Lopez Castellanos, Gerson (GUA) AR2: Panjoj Chitay, Humberto (GUA) 4th: Cornejo Melendez, Ismael (SLV) Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Thursday Septemer, 27 2018 – 10:00 p.m. ET FC Motagua (HON) Tauro FC (PAN) Qualification Method: 2017 Apertura, 2018 Clausura Champion Previous SCL Appearances : (1) 2018 All–Time SCL Record: GP- 5 W- 4 D- 0 L- 1 GF- 9 GA- 4 Best SCL Finish: first time Concacaf Club Titles (0) 2017 Champions Copa Uncaf Interclubes Domestic League Titles (15) Last: 2017 Clausura Qualification Method: Runner-Up Clausura 2018 and second-best aggregate record among non-champions during the 2017 season Previous SCL Appearances : (1) 2018 All–Time SCL Record: GP- 5 W- 3 D- 1 L- 0 GF- 11 GA- 3 Best SCL First time Concacaf Club Titles (0) Domestic League Titles (13) Last: 2017 FACTS FACTS FC Motagua Results at SCL 2018 Round of 16 vs Belmopan Bandits (BLZ) 3-0 on aggregate 07-31-18 FC Motagua (2) Kevin Lopez 47´, Matias Galvaliz 77´ Belmopan Bandits (0) 08-07-18 Belmopan Bandits (0) FC Motagua (1) Roberto Moreira 56´ QF vs Portmore United (JAM) 4-1 5-2 on aggregate 8-23-18 FC Motagua (3) Juan Pablo Montes (2) 6´, 90+5, Rubilio Castillo 24´, Portmore United (2) Richard Morris 67´, Javon East 81´ 8-30-18 Portmore United (0) FC Motagua (2) Rubilio Castillo (2) 31´and 90+1 SF first leg: 9-20-18 Tauro FC 2 Edwin Aguilar (2) 15´, 55 (PK) FC Motagua (1) Juan Montes 84´ • FC Motagua ended a two-game losing streak in the 2018 Apertura in Honduras, defeating Honduras Progreso 2-0 on Sunday. Erick Andino and Marco Tulio Vega scored the goals that leaves FC Motagua tied for second place with 19 points with Marathon CD. Olimpia is the leader with 20. • In four games played at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, local teams have never lost. Olimpia won twice (2-0 to Alajuelense and 3-1 to Alianza) FC Motagua 2-0 to Belmopan Bandits and 3-2 to Portmore United. • In three of FC Motagua's four wins, it didn't concede goals • FC Motagua is the team with the most shots on target (43) and the one with the most shots overall (96). • Motagua is third in goal average in the SCL (1.80 on average (behind Tauro and Olimpia). It is tied with CS Herediano for goals scored (9). • The nine goals scored by FC Motagua were by Rubilio Castillo (3), Juan Pablo Montes (3) and Kévin López, Matías Galvaliz, Roberto Moreira. • Kevin Lopez (FC Motagua) is the player with the most assists (2). He is also the player with the most fouls received (15) • Juan Pablo Montes (Motagua) is the defender who has scored the most goals in the current SCL (3) and is tied with goalkeeper Jonathan Rougier for most minutes in SCL 2018 (478). Rougier has made 13 saves. • Matías Galvaliz (Motagua) is the player who has the most shots in the SCL (20) and is the one who has the most corner kicks (18). Has scored a goal and has an assist. • Henry Figueroa, Carlos Sanchez, Denil Maldonado, and Reinieri Mayorquín have played four matches in the SCL. Tauro FC Results at SCL 2018 Round of 16 vs Real Espana (HON) 2-1 on aggregate 8-02-18 Tauro FC (1) Edwin Aguilar 71 Real Espana (0) 8-09-10 Real Espana (1) César Oseguera 45´, Tauro FC (1) Armando Polo 9´ QF vs Walter Ferretti (NIC) 7-1 on aggregate 8-23-18 Tauro FC (3) Jesús González 12´ , Armando Polo 43´  y Edwin Aguilar (PK) 84´; Walter Ferretti (1) Bruno Morais (P) 22´. 8-30-18 Walter Ferretti (0) Tauro FC (4) Edwin Aguilar 9´, Iván Anderson 33´, Enrico Small 78´, Armando Polo (PK) 90´3 Semifinal first leg: 9-20-18 Tauro FC 2 Edwin Aguilar (2) 15´, 55 (PK) FC Motagua (1) Juan Pablo Montes 84´  With an Enrico Small hat-trick, Tauro FC achieved its first win away in the Panamanian league by winning 3-2 in San Francisco. This was the third consecutive win and second in the local league for Tauro FC, who is tied for fifth place with Plaza del Este with 11 points. Plaza Amador is the leader of the 2018 tournament with 19 points. • Tauro FC is the only undefeated team in the history of Liga Concacaf. • Tauro FC away record in SCL (1-1) vs. Real Espana (goal Armando Polo) and 0-4 to Walter Ferretti (goals Edwin Aguilar, Ivan Anderson, Enrico Small, and Armando Polo). • In the only game that did not receive goals was against Nicaragua´s Walter Ferretti. • Tauro FC is the team with the most penalty shots in favor at SCL 2018 (3) Edwin Águilar scored two and Armando Polo (one). • Tauro FC has scored 11 goals in SCL: (Edwin Aguilar (5), Armando Polo (3), Jesus Gonzales, Ivan Anderson, and Enrico Small. • Edwin Aguilar (Tauro FC) is one of the top scorers of SCL 2018 (5). He scored a brace against Motagua in the first leg of the semi-final first leg. He also scored versus Real Espana (1) and Walter Ferretti (2). He is second in shots: 17 (behind Galvaliz of FC Motagua). • Orlando Mosquera (Tauro FC) in his first match in the Concacaf League Scotiabank had a remarkable performance: He made seven 7 saves in the first leg of the semifinals against FC Motagua. Armando Polo (Tauro FC) has scored three goals in SCL versus Real España (1) and Walter Ferretti (2) and has an assist. • Jesús González (Tauro FC) is the player with the most assists on the team (2) HEAD-TO-HEAD HEAD TO HEAD IN SCL: Semifinals first leg 9/20/18 – Tauro FC (2) Edwin Aguilar (2) 15, 55 (PK) FC Motagua (1) Juan Pablo Montes 84´ First-ever SCCL Meeting