Sports Mole previews Friday’s World Cup Qualifying – North Central America clash between Honduras and Canada, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
It will be first versus worst at Olimpico Metropolitano on Thursday as Canada have a chance to maintain their place on top of the CONCACAF standings of World Cup 2022 qualifying when they battle Honduras in San Pedro.
La H have lost their last four qualifiers, and are bottom of the table with three points, while The Canucks took care of business on their home field, defeating Costa Rica and Mexico in the previous window.
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It is becoming dangerously close to do or die time for the Hondurans, who need to pick up some points fast to remain in the hunt for a place in Qatar this November.
A series of shaky matches in the early going have put this veteran group in a deep hole, 11 points behind the Mexicans for a guaranteed place at the World Cup, and trailing Panama by the same number of points to make it to a playoff.
After going winless in their first six games in the Octagon, where they were…
