The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Diriangén are in the 4th position while the guesting Junior Managua worry at 10th.
It's no vacation for neither Diriangén nor Junior Managua as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Diriangén form and stats
Diriangén have played 6 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Diriangén against Walter Ferreti the last match.
Diriangén has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Diriangén have only let in 3 goals at home.
Junior Managua form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Junior Managua, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in Primera Division, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Managua are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The attacking players of Managua have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 195 minutes.
The manager T. Acevedo was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground. Junior Managua suffered a 0-1 loss to Chinandega (placed 5th). A 0-1 defeat away at Walter Ferreti before that.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Junior Managua as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Junior Managua struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Junior Managua - Diriangén 1-1 earlier this season.Diriangén missing players
Junior Managua missing players
| Diriangén | Junior Managua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 93% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 21% | 17% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 21% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 43% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 127 | 59 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 30 | 67 |
| 50 | 24 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 26% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 45% | 38% |
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Primera Division
- Diriangén have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Junior Managua has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Primera Division
- Junior Managua has the fewest points (3) away in Primera Division
- Junior Managua has the fewest scored goals (10) in Primera Division
- Junior Managua has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primera Division
- Junior Managua has the the worst goal difference (-9) in Primera Division
- Junior Managua have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Junior Managua have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Junior Managua have yet to win a game away.
- Junior Managua haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Estelí | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Walter Ferreti | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Jalapa | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Diriangén | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Chinandega | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 6 | Juventus Managua | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 7 | Deportivo Ocotal | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Managua | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | Real Madriz | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | Junior Managua | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 12 |