It's advantage Diriangén so far with their 3rd position in the Primera Division table, welcoming Walter Ferreti who are placed 4th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Diriangén and Walter Ferreti.
It should be mentioned that Walter Ferreti play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Walter Ferreti on grass are 12 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 33-19. You can compare this with overall results below.
Diriangén form and stats
Diriangén, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera Division, have performed here at Estadio Cacique Diriangén this season with 4 wins from 6 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Cacique Diriangén.
Diriangén lost their last game at Managua (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Deportivo Las Sabanas the opponent.
The defeat against Managua was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by M. Cruz).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Diriangén have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Diriangén after this match as they are travelling to Juventus Managua for a Primera Division game in only three days.
Diriangén has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Diriangén have only let in 2 goals at home.
Walter Ferreti form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Walter Ferreti playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. Walter Ferreti has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Prior to that match, the Walter Ferreti manager H. Urbina faced defeat when travelling to Juventus Managua and losing 1-4.
As mentioned above, Walter Ferreti was the only team on the pitch versus Chinandega in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
A new game in only four days for Walter Ferreti, the Primera Division home match versus Real Esteli. Busy days.
Walter Ferreti are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Walter Ferreti have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Walter Ferreti - Diriangén 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Diriangén victories, four draws and three Walter Ferreti wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Forbes 9 goals |  D. Zúñiga Araúz 7 goals | F. Villalpando Domínguez 6 goals |
Diriangén missing players
Walter Ferreti missing players
| Diriangén | Walter Ferreti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 40 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 49 |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 33 |
| 81% | 81% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 88% |
| 66% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 69% | 72% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 50% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 59% |
| 56% | 69% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 44% | 34% |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 218 | 123 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 65 | 211 |
| 89 | 53 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 36 | 106 |
| 44% | 43% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 42% |
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Diriangén has the most clean sheets (18)
- Diriangén have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Walter Ferreti has the most points from losing position (12)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Managua | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Real Esteli | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 26 |
| 3 | Diriangén | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Walter Ferreti | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Jalapa | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Juventus Managua | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Madriz | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Chinandega | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 9 | Deportivo Ocotal | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | Deportivo Las Sabanas | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -18 | 6 |