Olimpia hosts Cartaginés for key battle in SF Second Leg

Second Leg face off for a spot in the Final

MIAMI – The 2026 Concacaf Central American Cup continues on Wednesday with CD Olimpia hosting CS Cartaginés in the Second Leg of their Semifinals series at Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés en Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Cartaginés enters the decisive battle with a 1-nil advantage on aggregate after its victory at home in Costa Rica in the First Leg, with forward Alonso Hernández scoring the winner in the match.

The meeting represents the fourth encounter between these teams in Central American Cup history, with Olimpia holding the advantage with two wins to one for Cartaginés.

Olimpia will look to extend the team’s all-time unbeaten home record in the tournament to 12, and secure four consecutive home games victories for the first time after getting wins in its first three home fixtures in this edition.

CD Olimpia’s top scorer, Jorge Benguché, has contributed three goals, while Edwin Rodríguez and José Raul García lead the team in assists with two assists each.

For Cartaginés, Geancarlo Castro has been one of the key players as the team’s top scorer, recording four goals in five appearances.

Pre-Match Stats: Olimpia vs Cartaginés

• Olimpia are unbeaten at home in the Concacaf Central American Cup (W8 D3), scoring in all 11 of their home games and averaging 2.2 goals per match. They are looking to win four consecutive home games in the competition for the first time.
• Club Olimpia and CS Cartaginés are the two best-performing teams in the 2026 Concacaf Central American Cup. Olimpia have won 86% of the possible points (W6 L1), while Cartaginés have won 71% (W4 D3). Only CS Cartaginés, FC Motagua and CSD Municipal remain unbeaten in this year's competition.
• CS Cartaginés are currently enjoying their longest unbeaten away run in the Concacaf Central American Cup, going four games without defeat (W1 D3). However, their last away loss in the competition came against Club Olimpia in the 2025 quarter-finals (1-3).
• Edwin Rodríguez led CD Olimpia with four line-breaking passes against CS Cartaginés in the first leg of the Concacaf Central American Cup semi-finals. He has completed 26 such passes in the competition this season, the second-most behind CD Marathón's Brian Farioli (35).
• CS Cartaginés average 53.5% possession at home and 44.3% away, a difference of nine percentage points. Club Olimpia, on the other hand, average 45.5% possession at home and 54.6% away, a difference of nine percentage points in the opposite direction.