Panama vs Jamaica

A first-power place in Group C with a quarter-final berth at the CONCACAF Gold Cup at stake on Tuesday when Panama takes on Jamaica at Q2 Stadium.

The 1-0 victory against Guatemala guarantees Los Canaleros a spot into the quarter finals, and currently Jamaica find themselves in the second position after beating Guadeloupe 2-1.

Dedication was justified by Panama on Wednesday as the defeated finalist of the last edition of this tournament made eight goal attempts at the Guatemalans targets without conceding a single stroage of their own.

The team of Thomas Christiansen have made it to the quarter-final stage on successive occasions, and stand the possibility of topping their group again.

Entering into this match, the Panamanians have claimed to win four straight international confrontations with three cleansheets on the run with 11 goals scored.

Should this team be successful on Tuesday, they would finish the group phase of this tournament with a perfect record of wins in it anymore in their history.

They are currently undefeated in their most recent four global ties against nations in the Caribbean, having won their games with this part of the globe in the two games this year.

Two of the last three times they met against the Reggae Boyz were wins to Panama, the last in a World Cup qualifier in 2022 (3-0).

Although they did not start well in matchday two of the group, Jamaica hung on against Guadeloupe, netting two goals in rapid succession deep in the first half.

It bred an end to a two-game winless streak on this tournament by them since the 2023 semi-finals and this was their first goal since the group phase of the 2023 Gold Cup when they thumped Saint Kitts and Nevis 5-0 in July 2023.

There isn't much margin for error going into this game since, while now sitting second in Group C, the Jamaicans are only one goal ahead of Guatemala for that final quarter-final spot.

On three of their last four occasions, Jamaica has lost their last group match in this competition; their only win during that time came against Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2023.

Since losing 3-1 to the USA in the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League semifinals, Steve McClaren's team has won every game in which they have scored the first goal.