Jamaica vs Honduras - prediction, team news, lineups

Jamaica invited Honduras to the Kingston National Stadium connected Tuesday greeting for their 2nd CONCACAF Nations League lucifer of the existent planetary break.

In their opening fixture, the Reggae Boyz claimed a 3-2 triumph implicit Guatemala, portion Los Catrachos were beaten by the aforesaid scoreline against Suriname.

Match preview

Possessing arguably their strongest harvest of endowment since their lone anterior information successful the tourney finals 28 years ago, Jamaica would person been bitterly disappointed to narrowly miss retired connected qualifying for this summer’s World Cup.

Falling abbreviated of automatic radical qualification by conscionable a point, finishing runners up to tourney debutants Curacao successful Group B of North & Central America, Rudolph Speid’s men entered the playoff rounds and booked their spot successful the decisive necktie pursuing a 1-0 semi-final triumph implicit New Caledonia.

That is wherever their qualification bid came to an agonising extremity though arsenic aft a goalless 90 minutes astatine the Estadio Akron, Axel Tuanzebe’s onslaught from adjacent scope sent the Reggae Boyz location and DR Congo done to the summer’s tournament.

However, kicking their Nations League run disconnected by coming from down to assertion a 3-2 triumph against Guatemala connected Friday, Tuesday’s hosts seemed to person bounced backmost good from their letdown and presently beryllium alongside El Salvador successful the Group B promotion places.

The Reggae Boyz volition surely beryllium assured of climbing to the table’s acme successful the coming week too, arsenic they look a Honduras broadside who they person beaten successful 4 of the erstwhile 5 matches betwixt the teams and not mislaid astatine location against for 26 years.

Despite finishing 2nd and lone down Haiti successful qualifying Group C, posting 9 points from their six matches, Honduras marginally missed retired connected the accidental of a playoff necktie connected goals scored, with Suriname netting 3 much than Los Catrachos.

Having not mislaid immoderate of their archetypal 4 qualification games, keeping a cleanable expanse successful each of those matches, Jose Francisco Molina’s men looked acceptable for lone their 4th ever quality astatine the World Cup, but aft failing to triumph either of their last 2 fixtures, Honduras’ tourney hold volition present widen to astatine slightest 16 years.

After drafting with Peru and falling to decision against Argentina successful Texas, Los Catrachos besides surrendered an aboriginal pb to commencement their Nations League run disconnected with a frustrating 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Suriname, meaning they are present 5 matches without triumph for the archetypal clip successful 4 years.

Failing to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile 8 matches against the Reggae Boyz, Molina volition beryllium eyeing up Tuesday’s bout arsenic the cleanable accidental to get his squad backmost firing though and hopefully propulsion Honduras retired of the Group B relegation zone.

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Team News

Leon Bailey’s omission from the squad is undoubtedly the main stroke for Jamaica arsenic the 29-year-old continues to retrieve from an ankle wounded sustained earlier this month, joining Norwich City’s Andre Brooks and Udinese’s Keinan Davis connected the sidelines.

Having started connected the close flank against Guatemala, it is apt that Tyreece Campbell volition capable the winger’s void erstwhile again connected Tuesday and volition beryllium looking to unfastened his relationship for the Reggae Boyz.

Scoring the archetypal and assisting the 2nd of the hosts’ 3 goals connected Friday, Luton Town midfielder Kasey Palmer looks to beryllium 1 of Speid’s cardinal figures successful this planetary interruption and is definite to commencement connected the near broadside of Jamaica’s attack.

After netting Honduras’ equaliser successful the first-half against Suriname, 18-year-old Lugano guardant Dereck Moncada near the tract successful tears having sustained a musculus issue, making it improbable helium volition feature on Tuesday.

Nixon Cruz has besides withdrawn from the Los Catrachos squad aft picking up a genu problem, portion Edwin Rodriguez is presently a uncertainty with a musculus wounded suffered against Luis Angel Firpo.

Scoring 8 goals successful his erstwhile 9 competitory fixtures, Bryan Rochez is the visitors’ dangerman and volition beryllium anxious to marque it a trio of strikes successful his latest 3 Honduras matches this week.

Jamaica imaginable starting lineup:

Blake; Webster, Latibeaudiere, Lowe, Gray; Hayden, Anderson; Campbell, East, Palmer; Burrell

Honduras imaginable starting lineup:

Menjivar; Melendez, Maldonado, Vega, Rosales; Arriaga, Reyes; Vargas, Toro, Palma; Rochez

We say: Jamaica 3-1 Honduras

With some teams suffering an agonising extremity to their World Cup qualification aspirations, determination volition beryllium a beardown thrust to crook this year’s CONCACAF Nations League run into a occurrence by booking their summons to the competition’s playoff phase.

Although Honduras are bound to amended connected their dismal matchday 1 defeat, we deliberation Jamaica volition adhd to their occurrence against Guatemala by claiming triumph connected Tuesday evening and putting themselves successful the Group B drivers seat.

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