Hércules to debut in Central American Cup against Xelajú | OneFootball

MIAMI – The 2025 Central American Cup continues with CD Hércules facing Xelajú MC in Group D on Wednesday at Estadio Las Delicias in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.

CD Hércules will make its debut in the Central American Cup after winning the Apertura 2024 in El Salvador. The club will seek to overturn its winless skid after a 0-2-1 start to the Apertura 2025 season. Kelvin Hernández and Melvin Urbina have found the scoresheet in the early season.

Xelajú MC qualified for the 2025 edition as the Torneo Apertura 2024 champions. The Guatemalan side returns after participating in the inaugural edition and will seek to advance out of the Group Stage for the first time.

The Chivos are off to a 1-0-1 start to the season, winning on Matchday One and falling in their most recent encounter. Pedro Baez has found the back of the net in league play and will seek to add to his tally in the CAC.

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They will face each other for the first time in the Central American Cup.

For Xelajú, this will be their second match against a Salvadoran club in the history of the Central American Cup. In the 2023 edition, they faced FAS on Matchday 2 of Group B on August 9, 2023, earning a 2-1 victory. The Guatemalan club’s goals were scored by Kenner Gutiérrez and Hugo del Cid, while Wilma Torres scored for the Salvadorans.

This will be Xelajú’s sixth encounter against Salvadoran clubs in Concacaf club competitions. In the past, they’ve faced Salvadoran teams once in the Central American Cup (W-1) and four times in the Concacaf Champions Cup (W-1 L-2 D-1). The victory was a 2-1 result on July 13, 1997, in the second round of Central America against Luis Ángel Firpo. Xelajú’s goals were scored by Walter Posse and Hugo Mora, while the Salvadoran club’s goal came from Raúl Toro.