Verdes

Match report

Verdes hosted Municipal in the CONCACAF Central American Cup group stage on 2026-08-07, and the visitors took all three points with a 0:1 scoreline. It was a match decided by a single moment rather than sustained pressure from either side.

A. Cabeza broke the deadlock in the eighteenth minute, and by then Verdes had already shown they were uncomfortable in their own half. The goal came from a moment of clarity rather than a pattern of play, to be fair. After that, Verdes struggled to find any rhythm going forward.

Five substitutions were made across the second half, with F. Silvestre and A. Cabeza going off first in the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh minutes. L. Ibarra followed in the sixty-third, C. Hernandez in the sixty-seventh, and J. Mendez alongside J. Polanco in the seventy-sixth. P. Altan picked up a yellow card in the eighty-fifth minute as the match ran down.

The statistics tell a story of misplaced energy. Municipal registered 115 attacks to Verdes' 79, yet only two shots found the target compared to Verdes' zero. Verdes attempted five shots off target without blocking. Possession was barely split at 0.48 to 0.52, and there is no value left at those numbers when the result is so decisive.

Municipal are on a good run, having won three of their last five matches including a 2:1 victory over Marciense just four days earlier. Verdes, meanwhile, lost their last outing 5:0 to Motagua and are staring at the drop if this form continues. The away end never stopped, but at least they had something to celebrate.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 48 – 52

Shots on target 0 – 2

Shots off target 5 – 7

Attacks 79 – 115

⚽ 18' A. Cabeza — Goal ⇄ 56' F. Silvestre — Substitution ⇄ 57' A. Cabeza — Substitution ⇄ 63' L. Ibarra — Substitution ⇄ 67' C. Hernandez — Substitution ⇄ 76' J. Mendez — Substitution ⇄ 76' J. Polanco — Substitution 🟨 85' P. Altan — Yellow card

Match events

18' 0:1 Municipal Goal A. Cabeza assist: C. Hernandez
56' 0:1 Verdes Substitution F. Silvestre off: R. Benavides
57' 0:1 Municipal Substitution A. Cabeza off: E. Japa
63' 0:1 Verdes Substitution L. Ibarra off: Mika
67' 0:1 Municipal Substitution C. Hernandez off: P. Altan
76' 0:1 Municipal Substitution J. Mendez off: J. Franco
76' 0:1 Verdes Substitution J. Polanco off: M. Santa Cruz
85' 0:1 Municipal Yellow card P. Altan

Statistics

48 Possession, % 52

0 Shots on target 2

5 Shots off target 7

79 Attacks 115

8 Corners 7

7 Free kicks 7

1 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 10

20 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

5 Blocked shots 4

0 Shot accuracy 0.15

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