Struggling Juventus Managua will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Diriangén in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Juventus's stadium has a artifical turf surface. Diriangén have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Diriangén when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from nine matches. They have scored 12 goals in these games and conceded 15.
Juventus Managua form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Juventus Managua have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Two home wins in a row for Juventus Managua bring valid hopes of a third.
Stress levels are on the rise for Juventus's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Somarriba was their last goal scorer.
Juventus faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chinandega (0-4). Prior to that, an away loss at Jalapa.
Juventus Managua were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Juventus Managua are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Real Estelí awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Juventus are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Juventus's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Diriangén form and stats
Playing away, Diriangén, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera Division, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera Division this season.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Walter Ferreti in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Diriangén manager F. Rego da Silva faced defeat when travelling to Managua and losing 1-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chinandega in just four days.
Diriangén find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Diriangén - Juventus 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Juventus Managua won four games, one match ended with a draw and Diriangén has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Artega Pineda 7 goals |  D. Zúñiga Araúz 7 goals | E. Pavón Alvarado 6 goals |
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| Juventus Managua | Diriangén | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 38 | 28 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 42 |
| 39 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 23 |
| 84% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 81% | 82% |
| 69% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 41% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 38% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 15% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 39% |
| 31% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 55% |
| 41% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 25% | 24% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 241 | 116 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 95 | 220 |
| 94 | 58 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 36 | 91 |
| 35% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 44% | 45% |
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11)
- Diriangén has the most clean sheets (18)
- Diriangén have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Juventus Managua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Juventus Managua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Real Estelí | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 3 | Diriangén | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Jalapa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Walter Ferreti | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Chinandega | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 7 | Juventus Managua | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Deportivo Ocotal | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 10 | Deportivo Las Sabanas | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 9 |