Martinique host El Salvador in the CONCACAF Nations League. Martinique have really struggled for results lately, while El Salvador's form across a busy run of qualifiers and friendlies has been a lot more mixed.
These two sides already met twice in 2026, with the most recent clash finishing 3-1 in El Salvador's favour just last month. That result gives this next meeting some extra context before a ball's even kicked.
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Recent form: two very different pictures
Martinique's underlying numbers make for grim reading. Across their last eight matches they haven't won a single one, picking up just two draws against six defeats, and they've managed only three goals while shipping twelve.
Martinique: 8 completed matches; El Salvador: 20 completed matches.
Martinique
- Win
- 0% 0 / 8
- Draw
- 25% 2 / 8
- Loss
- 75% 6 / 8
- Scored
- 3
- Conceded
- 12
- Difference
- -9
El Salvador
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 20
- Conceded
- 26
- Difference
- -6
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Nations League | El Salvador | Martinique | 26.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| CONCACAF Series | Martinique | El Salvador | 29.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| CONCACAF Series | Martinique | Cuba | 26.03.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Martinique | Jamaica | 22.02.2026 | 0-2 |
| CONCACAF Series | Dominican Republic | Martinique | 19.11.2025 | 0-0 |
| CONCACAF Series | Martinique | Cuba | 16.11.2025 | 0-2 |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup - Qualification | Martinique | Suriname | 26.03.2025 | 0-1 |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup - Qualification | Suriname | Martinique | 22.03.2025 | 1-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Nations League | El Salvador | Martinique | 26.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies | Club Tijuana | El Salvador | 10.07.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Los Angeles FC | El Salvador | 06.07.2026 | 3-0 |
| Friendlies | Los Angeles Galaxy | El Salvador | 03.07.2026 | 0-3 |
| Friendlies | Qatar | El Salvador | 06.06.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | South Korea | El Salvador | 04.06.2026 | 1-0 |
| CONCACAF Series | Martinique | El Salvador | 29.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| CONCACAF Series | Dominican Republic | El Salvador | 27.03.2026 | 2-2 |
| World Cup - Qualification CONCACAF | Panama | El Salvador | 19.11.2025 | 3-0 |
| World Cup - Qualification CONCACAF | Suriname | El Salvador | 14.11.2025 | 4-0 |
El Salvador's record over a much bigger sample of twenty matches is far from flawless either. Six wins, five draws and nine losses, with twenty scored and twenty-six conceded, points to a side that's competitive but inconsistent against varied CONCACAF opposition.
Martinique's scoring drought stands out more than anything El Salvador have shown, good or bad.
Comparative Team Statistics: Martinique vs El Salvador

Head-to-head: close on paper, tilted lately
Look across the five recorded meetings between these two and it's remarkably even. Martinique have won twice, El Salvador twice, with one draw thrown in, so there's no long-term dominance either way.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Nations League | El Salvador | Martinique | 26.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| CONCACAF Series | Martinique | El Salvador | 29.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | El Salvador | Martinique | 18.10.2023 | 0-0 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | Martinique | El Salvador | 14.10.2023 | 1-0 |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | El Salvador | Martinique | 27.06.2023 | 1-2 |
What stands out is the timing. The two most recent meetings both came in 2026, and El Salvador won both, including that 3-1 result last month.
The bigger sample says even contest, but the freshest results lean El Salvador's way.
Who did the damage last time out
The available player data centres on that September meeting. B. Gil scored twice and H. Osorio added a goal plus two assists, so El Salvador's front players were heavily involved in the 3-1 win.
There was also some disciplinary edge to that game. Martinique's C. Mandouki picked up a yellow card, and El Salvador's G. Barrera was shown red, hinting at a fixture that got a bit feisty at times.

How this one might play out
Put the pieces together and Martinique's home advantage doesn't look like much of a shield right now. A side that's failed to win in eight and scored just three goals in that stretch will find it hard to contain a El Salvador front line that's clicked recently.
History does offer Martinique a bit of comfort, since two of the five head-to-head meetings have gone their way. But neither of those came in this current 2026 cycle, where El Salvador have won both encounters.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Martínez | El Salvador | 32 | Midfielder | 177 | 68 |
| P. Punyed | El Salvador | 36 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| N. Bonilla | El Salvador | 36 | Attacker | 180 | 75 |
| A. Moreno | El Salvador | 31 | Attacker | 170 | 63 |
| J. Pérez | El Salvador | 28 | Attacker | 165 | 63 |
| D. Cerén | El Salvador | 36 | Midfielder | 178 | 73 |
| A. Larín | El Salvador | 34 | Defender | 173 | 66 |
| B. Tamacas | El Salvador | 31 | Defender | 175 | 70 |
| J. Rivas | El Salvador | 34 | Attacker | 183 | 77 |
| T. Romero | El Salvador | 25 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 86 |
| N. Blanco | El Salvador | 27 | Defender | 170 | 71 |
| R. Domínguez | El Salvador | 29 | Defender | 181 | 82 |
| S. Ortiz | El Salvador | 36 | Midfielder | 174 | 72 |
| K. Reyes | El Salvador | 27 | Midfielder | 176 | 73 |
| K. Santamaría | El Salvador | 35 | Attacker | 173 | 73 |
| J. Henríquez | El Salvador | 33 | Midfielder | 173 | 65 |
| B. Landaverde | El Salvador | 31 | Midfielder | 175 | 71 |
| I. Portillo | El Salvador | 31 | Midfielder | 175 | 74 |
| R. Rodríguez | El Salvador | 28 | Defender | 185 | 82 |
| N. Orellana | El Salvador | 31 | Midfielder | 170 | 63 |
Everything here points to El Salvador as the side with more going for them right now, from their recent head-to-head results to the goal contributions from players like Gil and Osorio. Martinique's lack of wins and goals over their last eight matches is hard to ignore either.
Without a market to weigh against that picture, though, there's nothing concrete to back with confidence. The form gap is real, but Martinique's overall H2H record shows they're capable of upsetting a favourite, so we're holding off rather than forcing a pick.
