Motagua qualified as overall winners of the 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional after winning both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

The previous match between both sides ended with a 1–2 away victory to Motagua at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal on 12 April 2017 in a league encounter.

The rules of the game allowed the teams to make a maximum of five substitutions.

[2] After a 0–0 drawn in the first half, the goals came in the final minutes of the match.

With the win, Motagua obtained the first official Honduran Supercup in history.