Our prediction for this Gold Cup match:
Honduras will be looking to sneak into the Gold Cup quarter-finals when they take on Haiti in their third group game. Los Catrachos face a must-win situation in the decider and they are likely to go all guns blazing at les Grenadiers. Rubilio Castillo is banned for the match, while Luis Vega should miss out through injury.
Haiti, on the other hand, kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 2-1 win over Qatar, but they were beaten by Mexico in their second group match. Anyhow, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals as Honduras are likely to adopt an attack-minded approach in Monday’s encounter. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the Bank of America Stadium showdown. In their last meeting at the Gold Cup Haiti defeated Honduras 1-0, but a high-scoring affair is on the cards this time out.
Highlighted Team (Honduras):
Honduras are a national football team from Central America that qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in 1982. Los Catrachos did well to share the spoils with hosts Spain at the showpiece tournament, but they eventually failed to book their place in the knockout stages.
Honduras participated at the 2010 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals as well, but they failed to impress at the tournaments in South Africa and Brazil. Winning of the 1981 CONCACAF Championship is undisputedly the team’s biggest success and it has to be noted that they finished the final round in top position in the standings, two points clear of El Salvador and three above Mexico.
Los Catrachos were beaten by Canada in the 1985 Gold Cup final, with the team finishing the 1991 tournament as runners-up as well. Wilson Palacios, who used to play for the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City as regarded as one of the most notable footballers who represented Honduras national team on the international stage.