Honduras vs Canada Match Analysis and Prediction

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Canada will be having the opportunity to maintain their spot on top of the CONCACAF standings of World Cup 2022 qualifying when they play Honduras in San Pedro at the Olimpico Metropolitano Stadium on Thursday.

Honduras have lost their last four qualifiers and are bottom of the table with three points, while Canada defeated Costa Rica and Mexico at home in the previous window.

It is becoming close to do-or-die time for the Hondurans, who need to collect some points fast enough to remain in the hunt for a spot in Qatar this November.

A series unsteady matches in the early stages have put this group in a bad spot, 11 points behind the Mexicans for a guaranteed place at the World Cup, and behind Panama by the same number of points to make it to a playoff.

Following their failure to win in their first six games in the Octagon, where they were outscored by a 9-2 margin, Fabian Coito was sacked, with Hernan Dario Gomez taking over.

Since Dario Gomez took charge, Honduras have shown more quality in the final third with four goals in their last three matches in all competitions, but the result remain the same, having dropped all three of their games under their new manager.

Canada enter the fixture with confidence, unbeaten after eight qualifying matches, as they took advantage of the bleak conditions in Edmonton back in November, while also benefiting from some poor goalkeeping which helped them move a point above the United States in their quest to make the finals for the first time since 1986.

With humid conditions that we are likely to see in San Pedro, it will be intresting to see whether manager Herdman remains aggressive and tries to stretch the field out wide, or if he chooses to play conservatively.

Honduras vs Canada head to head

The two teams have previously met on 20 occasions in all competitions, where Honduras have taken 8 victories while Canada have won 6, and they have drawn in 6. Honduras have scored 33 goals and conceded 25. In their last five enconters, Honduras have won two, Canada one, with two draws.

Honduras 8-1 Canada 16/10/12

Canada 1-0 Honduras 14/11/15

Honduras 2-1 Canada 03/09/16

Canada 0-0 Honduras 15/07/17

Canada 1-1 Honduras 03/09/21

Honduras latest home form

Honduras have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having failed to win in any of their last five matches. Their last home victory came on July 14 when they defeated Grenada 4-0 in the Concacaf Gold Cup. They have drawn one and lost four of their last five.

Honduras 0-2 Qatar 21/07/21

Honduras 1-4 United States 09/09/21

Honduras 0-0 Costa Rica 08/10/21

Honduras 0-2 Jamaica 14/10/21

Honduras 2-3 Panama 13/11/21

Honduras latest away form

Los Catrachos have recently been on a poor run of form away from home, having fialed to win in any of their last five matches. Their last away win came on July 18 when they defeated Panama 3-2 in the Concacaf Gold Cup. They have drawn two and lost three of their last five.

Canada 1-1 Honduras 03/09/21

El Salvador 0-0 Honduras 06/09/21

Mexico 3-0 Honduras 11/10/21

Costa Rica 2-1 Honduras 17/11/21

Colombia 2-1 Honduras 17/01/22

Canada latest home form

Canada have enjoyed a very long run of impressive form at home, and they have not lost in any of their five most recent matches. They have managed to win four and drawn in one of their last five matches, scoring 11 goals and conceding 3 in the process.

Canada 1-1 Honduras 03/09/21

Canada 3-0 El Salvador 09/09/21

Canada 4-1 Panama 14/10/21

Canada 1-0 Costa Rica 13/11/21

Canada 2-1 Mexico 17/11/21

Canada latest away form

The Canucks have recently been on an unimpressive run of form away from home, having won just one of their six most recent away matches. They lost 2-1 to Mexico on July 30 in the Concacaf Gold Cup. They have won one, drawn three and lost one of their last five.

Costa Rica 0-2 Canada 26/07/21

Mexico 2-1 Canada 30/07/21

United States 1-1 Canada 06/09/21

Mexico 1-1 Canada 08/10/21

Jamaica 0-0 Canada 11/10/21

Honduras news

Honduras had a different looking starting lineup in the friendly against Columbia earlier this month, as the new faces included Juan Delgado, Denil Maldonado, Ivan Lopez, Diego Rodriguez, Eddie Hernandez, Kervin Arriaga and Jorge Alvares.

Meanwhile, Stephen Estaquio will not be available for this match as he tested positive for COVID-19.

Canada news

Boniek Garcia will have to wait until the final qualifying window as he was not selected for this fixture, which means he will remain one appearance behind Noel Valladares, while he still has a long way to go to catch up with captain Maynor Figueroa, who is first with 179 caps.

Prediction and Odds

Honduras have been better under their new manager, but they have not yet been to their best, an with the warm climate in Central America, it could be a difficult match.

Canadians have not beaten Los Catrachos in Honduras since 1985, but we see them fight for at least a point on Thursday.

Odds: 1 2.35 X 2.05 2 2.20