The Primera Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Jalapa and Diriangén are placed 5th and 3rd respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Jalapa nor Diriangén 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.
Jalapa form and stats
The hosts won their first Primera Division game here at Estadio Alejandro Ramos Turcio, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Jalapa last season were 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 9 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Jalapa's attacking players as they have now played 202 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Pabón was their last goal scorer.
Jalapa drew their last game, 0-0 away at Walter Ferreti (placed 2nd). Prior to that, an away loss at Junior Managua.
At Estadio Alejandro Ramos Turcio, Jalapa has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Diriangén form and stats
One match played away so far in the Primera Division for Diriangén and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from 9 games.
The supporters enjoyed Diriangén's previous game versus Juventus Managua (placed 9th), a Primera Division 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Real Madriz.
Late drama in the previous game, when B. Laureiro scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Juventus Managua.
1 goal so far away for Diriangén, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - three - one (Jalapa wins - draws - Diriangén wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Galeano Molina 8 goals |  L. Coronel Martínez 6 goals | J. Laureiro Alves 5 goals |
Jalapa missing players
Diriangén missing players
| Jalapa | Diriangén | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 10 | 5.7 |
| 4.3 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 2 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 10% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 36% |
- Diriangén has the most dropped points from leading position (2)
| Jalapa | Last season | Diriangén | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 41 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 49 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 78% | ||
| 62% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 61% | ||
| 35% | 22% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 34% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 43% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 34% | ||
| 32% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 41% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 110 | 64 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 235 | ||
| 55 | 32 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 102 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Walter Ferreti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Diriangén | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Deportivo Ocotal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Managua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Jalapa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Junior Managua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Juventus Managua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Chinandega | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Real Estelí | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Diriangén | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Walter Ferreti | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Jalapa | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 6 | Juventus Managua | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Chinandega | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 21 | -13 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -13 | 17 |
| 9 | Deportivo Ocotal | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Deportivo Las Sabanas | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 12 |