It was sparked off by ill-feeling which arose out of the preliminary rounds of the 1970 World Cup football competition, and thus became known as the 'football war'. But underlying it were long-standing tensions deriving from Salvadorean emigration to and settlement in the much more sparsely populated Honduras.

The Soccer Teams El Salvador and Honduras played 24 Games since 2007. Among them, El Salvador won 4 games (Total Goals 16, PPG 0.7), Honduras won 14 (Total Goals 35, PPG 1.5), and drew 6. El Salvador vs Honduras Past H2H Results, Asian Handicap Win%: 20.0%, Total Goals Over%: 40.0%.

It is pretty much undeniable that El Salvador is wealthier. El Salvador has higher GDP, Higher GDP per capita, Higher human development index and lower inequality (Gini).