The visiting Real Estelí side should be favourites in this visit to Deportivo Ocotal, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Deportivo Ocotal form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Deportivo Ocotal at their home stadium (Estadio Roy Fernando Bermúdez) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager J. Clavasquín Bejarano led his Deportivo Ocotal to a defeat in the Primera Division match away at Diriangén. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Roy Fernando Bermúdez.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Deportivo Ocotal here at Estadio Roy Fernando Bermúdez in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Deportivo Ocotal have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Real Estelí form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Real Estelí, who have the most scored goals (20) in Primera Division, playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Real Estelí goalkeeper Henry Alberto Maradiaga Galeano is eager to challenge this, with his 218 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Real Estelí's previous game versus Real Madriz (placed 9th), a Primera Division 4-0 win played at home.
As mentioned above, Real Estelí was the only team on the pitch versus Real Madriz in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Real Estelí have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Real Estelí as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Real Estelí - Deportivo Ocotal 5-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Deportivo Ocotal won two, Real Estelí won five and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ayerdis 7 goals | J. Betancur Bustamante 5 goals |  E. Aguirre 4 goals |
Deportivo Ocotal missing players
Real Estelí missing players
| Deportivo Ocotal | Real Estelí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 24 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 50 |
| 39 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 82% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 80% | 85% |
| 68% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 46% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 18% | 7% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 18% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 9% |
| 43% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 36% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 48% |
| 39% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 53% | 39% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 128 | 42 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 103 | 220 |
| 46 | 18 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 38 | 94 |
| 41% | 67% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 46% |
- Deportivo Ocotal has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Real Estelí has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Real Estelí has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Real Estelí has the most matches under the total-line (20)
- Real Estelí has the most scored goals (20)
- Real Estelí has the the best goal difference (+14)
- Real Estelí have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Estelí have scored more than double the goals of Deportivo Ocotal.
- Real Estelí have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Diriangén | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Managua | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Real Estelí | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Walter Ferreti | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Jalapa | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Chinandega | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Juventus Managua | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Deportivo Ocotal | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 9 | Real Madriz | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Deportivo Las Sabanas | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -17 | 5 |