Matagalpa - UNAN Managua: Primera Division dungeon teams scrapping for points and praise. Read all the available statistics and facts before the match!
- Matagalpa is in the best form (4-1-1) in Primera Division
- UNAN Managua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Matagalpa form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Matagalpa have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de Matucana in the Primera Division. When Matagalpa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Matagalpa and Deportivo Ocotal), they have won 2 of 2 matches! The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Matagalpa has won four games in a row. The Jalapa match was the last time out without a victory.
Matagalpa are confident in defense, having played 362 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Matagalpa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Walter Ferreti away with the result 1-0.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Deportivo Ocotal.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Matagalpa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The Matagalpa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Matagalpa defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Matagalpa has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
UNAN Managua form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UNAN Managua so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for UNAN Managua, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Juventus Managua last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Managua was very dominant against Juventus Managua, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Hulse and Caceres providing the goals.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against H&H Export.Observe that 12 of this side's 16 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
UNAN Managua are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). UNAN Managua are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 13 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other already this season, with the match result Matagalpa - UNAN Managua 3-3 entered in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the last two meetings): Matagalpa won zero games, one match ended with a tie and UNAN Managua got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero. One of the profiles has been Forbes with 2 goals scored against UNAN Managua in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Treminio Hulse 14 goals |  R. Forbes 8 goals | B. Arana 6 goals |
Matagalpa missing players
UNAN Managua missing players
| Matagalpa | UNAN Managua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 33 |
| 42 | 19 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 26 | 42 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 71% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 42% | 25% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 25% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 7.5 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9 | 9.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 42% | 45% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 24% | 30% |
| 12.6 | 12.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| 6.7 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- Matagalpa have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Primera Division
- Matagalpa have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Primera Division
- Matagalpa have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Primera Division
- Matagalpa is in the best form (4-1-1) in Primera Division
- UNAN Managua have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- UNAN Managua have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- UNAN 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 Esteli | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Diriangen | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Walter Ferreti | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | H&H Export | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Indigenas de Matagalpa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Managua | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Juventus Managua | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Jalapa | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 8 | UNAN Managua | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -13 | 16 |
| 9 | Deportivo Ocotal | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 29 | -22 | 16 |
| 10 | Matagalpa | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -21 | 12 |
