Gold Cup Group A: Honduras take on Panama while USA play Haiti

The second games of the Gold Cup get underway in Group A, as Honduras play Panama and USA face Haiti. Coral take a look at the best odds for each game.

Honduras v Panama
Following a 1-1 draw in their first match against Haiti, Panama prepare to gain Group A advantage by taking three points off Honduras, and are 19/10 for the win.

Alberto Quintero scored the opener in the last match, striking from outside the area following a failed clearance and, as a result is 12/1 to break the deadlock again, though also has respectable odds of 5/1 in the anytime market.

Still waiting to open their accounts are attackers Blas Perez and Luis Tejada who are both 6/1 to open the scoring and 7/4 in the anytime market.

For Honduras, Carlos Discua scored as his team were beaten by USA in the first match, and is 11/2 in the anytime market.

USA v Haiti
A Duckens Nazon equaliser on the counter-attack ensured Haiti picked up a point against Panama, and he is 7/1 in the anytime market against the USA who are odds-on at 1/12 to win their second match.

However, it was Clint Dempsey that stole the show for the USA as the Stars and Stripes beat Honduras 2-1 with the former Fulham midfielder bagging a brace. He is 5/2 to open the scoring.

“I think the crowd was behind the whole team,” Dempsey said after the opening match.

“I remember when I first started with the national team and they’d be more fans for the other team sometimes. So to be able nowadays to play in front of pro-American crowds, I think the team definitely feeds off that energy.”