1. Tauro FC (PAN) v FC Motagua (HON)
SEMIFINALS, FIRST LEG
Tauro FC (PAN) v FC Motagua (HON)
MATCH OFFICIALS
R: Ivan Barton Cisneros (SLV)
AR1: Geovanny Garcia Lima (SLV)
AR2: Jonathan David Moran (SLV)
4th: Carlos Gonzalez Iribarren (MEX)
Rommel Fernández Stadium, Panama City, Panama
Thursday, September 20, 2018 – 8:00 p.m. ET
Tauro FC (PAN)
FC Motagua (HON)
Qualification: 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- 4 W-3 D-1 GF-9 GA-2
Best SCCL Finish: First time
Concacaf Club Titles: 0
Domestic League Titles: 13 ( last, 2017 )
Qualification: 2017 Apertura, 2018 Clausura Champion
Previous SCL Appearances: (1)
All-Time SCL Record: GP- 4 W-4 D-0 GF-8 GA-2
Best SCCL Finish: First time
Concacaf Club Titles: 0 (2017 Champion UNCAF Copa Interclubes)
Domestic League Titles: 15 (last: 2017 Clausura )
FACTS
FACTS
FC Motagua Results in the 2018 SCL
Round of 16: vs. Belmopan Bandits 3-0 on aggregate
FC Motagua (2) Kevin Lopez 47, Matías Galvaliz 77 ' Belmopan Bandits (0)
Belmopan Bandits (0) FC Motagua (1) Roberto Moreira 56 '
 QF vs. Portmore United, 5-2 on aggregate
  FC Motagua (3) Juan Pablo Montes (2) 6'y Rubilio Castillo 24', Portmore United (2) Ricardo Morris 67', Javon East 81'.
  Portmore United (0) FC Motagua (2) Rubilio Castillo (2 (31' and
 • The two goals conceded by FC Motagua have been in the second half.
• FC Motagua is the only team in the history of the Concacaf League that has won all its matches played, with an average of 2 goals in favor.
• Of the two matches won by FC Motagua playing away, the goals were in the 56th and 90th minutes. FC Motagua is yet to concede away from home.
• FC Motagua has never faced a Panamanian opponent in Concacaf competition.
• FC Motagua is one of the leaders in goals scored during the run of play (6).
• FC Motagua has gone four games unbeaten in Concacaf tournaments W-3 D-1 and has managed to score in all those matches. Its last away loss was (0-4) against Club América of Liga MX in the 2015 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League.
• FC Motagua and Tauro FC are the clubs, behind CD FAS (SLV), with the highest number of passes in Liga Concacaf 2018: 1131 and 1086, respectively.
• FC Motagua and Tauro FC are the teams with the most shots in the SCL 2018 (84 and 55 respectively).
• FC Motagua’s squad has an average age of 26.1 years.
• Matías Galvaliz (FC Motagua), The Argentine midfielder, is the player who has the most shots in the SCL and most corner kicks (19). He has scored a goal in four games.
• Rubilio Castillo (Motagua) will be out due to an operation on his right cheekbone. He is one of the top scorers of SCL 2018 with three goals. He scored FC Motagua’s last two away goals. Castillo is the player who scored the most goals between minute 15 and 30 (2).
• Kevin López (Motagua) is one of the leaders in assists (3) and scored a goal against Belmopan Bandits in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The two teams will face each other for the first time in history in any competition
Tauro Results at SCL 2018
Round of 16 vs Real Espana (HON) 2-1 on aggregate
Tauro FC (1) Edwin Aguilar 71 Real Espana (0)
Real Espana (1) Cesar Oseguera 45', Tauro FC (1) Armando Polo 9'
QF vs. Walter Ferretti (NIC) 7-1 on aggregate
Tauro FC (3) Jesus Gonzalez 12', Armando Polo 43' and Edwin Aguilar (PK) 84'; Walter Ferretti (1) Bruno Morais (PK) 22'.
Walter Ferretti (0) Tauro FC (4) Edwin Aguilar 9', Ivan Anderson 33', Enrico Small 78', Armando Polo (PK) 90'3
On eleven occasions, the Rommel Fernández Stadium has been the side of Scotiabank Concacaf League games. Two of them were in the semifinals. The teams from Panama have won seven times, clubs from Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica triumphed once, and there has been only one draw.
• Tauro FC vs. Honduras teams GP- 4 W- 2 D-1 L-1 GF- 4 GA- 5. Faced CD Marathón in the first round of the Concacaf Champions League playoffs Scotiabank SCCL 2011 (lost 0-3 and won 2-1) and Real Espana in the 2018 SCL Round of 16, 1-0 and 1-1.
• Tauro FC has scored in four consecutive home games, W-3 and L-1. Has nine games without a draw at home W-4 L-5. The last draw was (0-0) against Pumas UNAM of Liga MX in the 2011 SCCL.
• Tauro FC is the team that scored the most PKs in SCL 2018 (2).
• Edwin Aguilar (Tauro FC) is the team’s top scorer in the 2018 SCL with three goals. He has played four matches, has an assist and has the second-most shots (15)
• Armando Polo (Tauro FC) has scored three goals in four games. He has scored his team’s last three goals.
• Jesus González (Tauro FC) leads his team in assists in the 2018 SCL (2)
• Rolando Botello (Tauro FC) has played four games. He leads his team in passes (146), teammate Jan Vargas is the player with the most effective passes (99%).
• Enrico Small and Rigoberto Niño (Tauro FC) played in the semifinal of the 2017 SCL with Arabe Unido and were eliminated by Santos de Guapiles of Costa Rica.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
HEAD TO HEAD: Previous SCL meetings: First time in history in any competition
First-ever SCCL Meeting