Clasico de las M's

El Clasico de las Emes (The "M" Derby), is a classic football match played between C.D. Motagua from Tegucigalpa and C.D. Marathón from San Pedro Sula, two of the most successful and popular football teams in Honduras.

Head to Head

• As of 16 October 2011^[1]

By venue

In Tegucigalpa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	83	42	24	17	123	80	+43	108
2	Marathón	83	17	24	42	80	123	−43	58

In San Pedro Sula

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	91	40	29	22	132	93	+39	109
2	Motagua	91	22	29	40	93	132	−39	73

In neutral venue (All in Danlí)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	4
2	Marathón	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

By stage

In Pentagonales

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	14	6	5	3	19	12	+7	17
2	Marathón	14	3	5	6	12	19	−7	11

In Cuadrangulares

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	5
2	Marathón	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	5

In Semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
2	Marathón	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4

In Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9
2	Marathón	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	3

Totals

In Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	148	55	46	47	188	185	+3	156
2	Marathón	148	47	46	55	185	188	−3	140

In postseason

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	29	10	9	10	34	31	+3	29
2	Marathón	29	10	9	10	31	34	−3	29

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	177	65	55	57	222	216	+6	185
2	Marathón	177	57	55	65	216	222	−6	169

The Finals

Motagua and Marathon have played 3 finals. Two won by Marathón and one by Motagua.

2001–02 Apertura

Main article: 2001–02 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

1st leg 12 December 2001	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Rosales  69' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 14,283 Referee: Benigno Pineda

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2nd leg 16 December 2001	Motagua	3 – 2 (5 – 3 pen)	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Pacini  22' Izaguirre  44' (pen.)  56' (pen.)		Rosales  18' (pen.) Oliva  81'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 20,423 Referee: Oscar Bardales
		Penalties
	Leyes Medina Pacini Turcios Izaguirre		Cacho Zúniga Oliva Martínez

• Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.

2002–03 Clausura

Main article: 2002–03 Clausura Honduran Liga Nacional

1st leg 23 May 2003	Motagua	0 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Martínez  65'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 21,691 Referee: Oscar Bardales

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2nd leg 1 June 2006	Marathón	3 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho  44' Costa  60'  89'		Oseguera  40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 35,745 Referee: Marcio Carranza

• Marathón won 4–1 on aggregate.

2007–08 Apertura

Main article: 2007–08 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

1st leg 16 December 2007	Motagua	0 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Molina

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2nd leg 22 December 2007	Marathón	2 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Brown  1' Scott  78'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

• Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate.

Trivia

• First game in Liga Nacional: Marathón 2–0 Motagua in San Pedro Sula with two goals from Mario Rivera and Rafael Maldonado on 1 August 1965.
• First game in Tegucigalpa: on 21 November 1965 ended in a 4–1 victory for Motagua and the scorer were 2 from Jorge Berrios, Amado Castillo and Hector Chavez. The goal from Marathon was from Mauro "Nayo" Caballero.
• First Motagua's victory in San Pedro Sula: 1967, Marathón 1–2 Motagua with a double from Roberto Abrusezze, Mauro Caballero scored for the greens.
• Oscar "Martillo" Hernández: scored 13 goals against Marathón.
• Gilberto Leonel Machado: scored 14 goals against Motagua.
• Games with most goals: 19 April 2009 Marathón 6–3 Motagua in San Pedro Sula, nine goals in total.
• First game at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal: 22 August 2010 Marathón 1–0 Motagua.^[2]
• Biggest away win for Marathón: 16 October 2011 Motagua 1–4 Marathón

The last match

2011–12 A 16 October 2011	Motagua	1 – 4	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Padilla  89'	Report	Martínez  12'  25' Berríos  16' Cardozo  60'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Armando Castro

References

1. ^ LaPrensa.hn – ¡En el Olímpico se decide! – 16 December 2007
2. ^ Tiempo.hn – Marathón domina a Motagua en SPS – 19 August 2011