Managua and Diriangén are both riding high in the Primera Division with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
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 Managua and Diriangén.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Diriangén have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-1-4 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.
Managua form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Managua have to build on here at Estadio Nacional de Fútbol in the Primera Division. The Managua fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Nacional de Fútbol and will expect new points from this game. Managua has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Managua, who won 1-0 against Chinandega (placed 7th). Ahead of that match, Managua won a home game hosting Juventus Managua (4-2).
Managua are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Nacional de Fútbol in their league games, having scored an impressive 12 goals in 4 matches. Managua have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Diriangén form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Diriangén are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
Diriangén are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Deportivo Las Sabanas (placed 10th). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Deportivo Ocotal.
Diriangén are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). The Diriangén defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Diriangén - Managua 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Managua five wins, one draw and Diriangén four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Félix Gámez 14 goals | P. Gállego Lardiés 12 goals | C. Fernandes de Lima 11 goals |
Managua missing players
Diriangén missing players
| Managua | Diriangén | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 60 | 38 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 39 |
| 42 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 81% |
| 79% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 59% | 69% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 41% | 56% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 16% |
| 18% | 31% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 35% |
| 32% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 47% | 58% |
| 15% | 19% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 262 | 148 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 1 | 86 | 209 |
| 111 | 65 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 32 | 85 |
| 48% | 52% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 47% | 45% |
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals (4)
- Diriangén has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Diriangén has the most clean sheets (18)
- Diriangén has the the best goal difference (+3) away
- Diriangén have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Diriangén is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Managua has the most matches over the total-line (18)
- Managua has the most scored goals in the first half (30)
- Managua has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Managua have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Managua have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Managua have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Diriangén have scored 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 | Managua | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Diriangén | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Real Estelí | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | Walter Ferreti | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Jalapa | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Juventus Managua | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Chinandega | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Deportivo Ocotal | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Deportivo Las Sabanas | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -17 | 6 |