Cayman Islands, Barbados host in Play-In first leg encounters | OneFootball

MIAMI – The 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League continues on Friday, with eight teams competing in the Play-In round to advance their hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup.

League C promoted teams Barbados and Cayman Islands will host League A relegated sides Guyana and Guadeloupe, respectively, for the first leg in their home-and-away direct elimination round.

The sides will trade home field for the second leg encounters next week. After home-and-away play, the aggregate score winner in each matchup will advance to the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Prelims.

Cayman Islands vs. Guadeloupe

Cayman Islands hosts Guadeloupe at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Cayman Islands was the best second-place team in League C with seven points and was the Group C runner-up, challenging for first place until the final matchday. Zachary Scott was one of four scorers for the team and contributed to three of the four goals for the nation in the group stage, providing two assists.

Guadeloupe was the fifth-place finisher in Group A of League A. Matthias Phaeton was a threat to opponents, connecting with eight shots on target from nine attempts, and has provided four goals and four assists in 15 CNL appearances.

This will be the second match between both nations. The only other previous encounter was a Guadeloupe 7-1 victory, featuring a Mickael Antoine-Curier hat-trick and a Lery Hannany brace, on October 11, 2008, in the second round of Group A of the Caribbean Cup qualifier for the 2009 Gold Cup at Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe.

Barbados vs. Guyana

Barbados hosts Guyana at the Barbados FA Technical Center in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Barbados was the Group C winner in League C with a 3-1-0 record. Niall Reid-Stephen was the co-top scorer in the third tier with six goals, including a brace and a hat-trick against the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has scored eight goals in his last six CNL matches.

Guyana was the sixth-place team in Group A of League A. Isaiah Jones stood out with a brace against Martinique to become the nation’s top scorer in the first tier. Omari Glasgow is Guyana's all-time top scorer in the CNL with 11 goals.

Barbados and Guyana share a rich history with 22 previous encounters. Guyana leads the all-time series with nine wins to six and seven draws. The last time they faced each other was in an international friendly on March 27, 2022, a 5-nil win for Guyana, featuring goals from Quincy Adams, Pernell Schultz, Neil Danns, and a brace from Omari Glasgow, at Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.