For the primary time of their historical past, Bermuda and Honduras will meet on matchday two of 2026 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying on Sunday on the Bermuda Nationwide Stadium.

A late equaliser enabled the Bermudans to earn a 1-1 draw with Antigua and Barbuda of their opening qualifier, whereas La H defeated Cuba 3-1.

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Bermuda’s persistence paid off on matchday one among qualifying, as they discovered an equaliser within the Ninetieth minute to assert a single level.

It was a well-deserved draw for the Gombey Warriors, who had 65% of the possession and eight efforts on track, claiming their first optimistic end result away from dwelling in 2024.

Regardless of having a comparatively younger squad, Michael Findlay has been in a position to get some robust performances out of this group, who had an opportunity to get promoted out of League B in the newest CONCACAF Nations League event however have been crushed 3-0 by French Guiana on their last matchday.

Heading into this contest, the Bermudans are on a four-match unbeaten run at dwelling in all competitions, although they haven’t performed a sport at their nationwide stadium since November 2023 (3-1 victory over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).

Their solely 4 factors within the opening stage of the earlier World Cup qualifying marketing campaign have been all on the Bermuda Nationwide Stadium, whereas they haven’t misplaced a World Cup qualification fixture in Devonshire Parish since June 2015 (1-0 versus Guatemala).

The Bermudans have scored first in six of their earlier eight matches in all competitions, dropping solely as soon as over that stretch when doing so (5-1 versus Guinea).

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Conceding the opener to Cuba appeared to do the Hondurans some good on matchday one, as they got here to life with three unanswered targets, ending a four-match winless run throughout all competitions.

That was the second successive time in all competitions that this facet got here from behind to assert a optimistic end result after incomes a 1-1 draw with El Salvador in March.

In consequence, Reinaldo Rueda‘s males are on prime of the Group A standings with three factors and have an opportunity to win consecutive World Cup qualifying fixtures for the primary time since 2016.

In the meantime, in addition they ended a 17-match winless run in World Cup qualification encounters, claiming their first victory on this competitors since September 2016 (2-1 over Canada).

You need to go even additional again to seek out the final time the Central People gained a World Cup qualifier away from dwelling, once they defeated Cuba 3-0 in a September 2012 encounter performed in Havana.

Los Catrachos haven’t drawn first blood in a match since successful the opening leg of their quarter-final tie with Mexico on the CONCACAF Nations League final November (2-0).

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On Wednesday, Bermuda have been with out Lejaun Simmons and Justin Donawa as a result of accidents, whereas Reggie Lambe made himself unavailable for his or her first two qualifying fixtures.

We noticed a number of newcomers of their beginning 11 who didn’t start their pleasant versus Guinea, together with J’Nai Butterfield-Steede, Ne-Jai Tucker, Keziah Martin, Remy Coddington and Djair Parfitt-Williams.

A Ninetieth-minute strike courtesy of Sachiel Ming enabled them to assert a single level on matchday one, his first for the Gombey Warriors.

Anthony Lozano was the one Honduran participant within the opening lineup in opposition to El Salvador in March that maintained his place within the beginning 11 for his or her opening qualifying fixture, accumulating his fiftieth cap within the victory.

Andy Najar can attain that milestone for Los Catrachos this weekend, Javier Arriaga made his first worldwide look on Thursday, leaving Francisco Martinez as the one participant chosen for this worldwide window and not using a senior cap.

Lozano scored the equaliser in opposition to Cuba simply 4 minutes after La H fell behind, and the opposite strikes got here from Edwin Rodriguez and Rubilio Castillo.

Bermuda doable beginning lineup:
Eve; Butterfield-Steede, Leverock, Twite, Robinson; Tucker, Lee; Evans, Crichlow, Parfitt-Williams; Corridor

Honduras doable beginning lineup:
Menjivar; Najar, Melendez, Vega, J. Arriaga; Rodriguez, Flores, Ok. Arriaga, Palma; Rochez, Lozano

We are saying: Bermuda 0-3 Honduras

The Bermudans could possibly hold Honduras at bay for some time, however given the superior high quality of the guests, we consider the floodgates will open if Los Catrachos can rating one.

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