A key match in Primera Division as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Real Estelí in 2nd position and Managua placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Managua have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-9-10 (win-draw-loss) from 28 matches.
Real Estelí form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Primera Division games here at Estadio Independencia for Real Estelí. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Estadio Independencia, but a victory now would be sweet for Estelí.
The Real Estelí goalkeeper Denver Fox is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
Real Estelí drew their last game, also a home match. Diriangen was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Diriangen and winning 1-0.
There will be little rest for Estelí after this match as they are travelling to Managua for a Primera Division game in only four days.
Real Estelí have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Independencia with 17 goals in 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Real Estelí have only let in 3 goals at home.
Managua form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Managua, who have the most scored goals (33) in Primera Division, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Managua as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
A. Báez Cano, Pablo Gállego, C. Quinto and N. Peralta scored in Managua's previous match, the home game against Walter Ferreti that ended 4-2. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Walter Ferreti.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Walter Ferreti was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A new game in only four days for Managua, the Primera Division home match versus Real Estelí. Busy days.
Managua have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Managua are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Managua - Estelí 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Estelí won five, Managua won two and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Félix Gámez 16 goals | P. Gállego Lardiés 16 goals | C. Fernandes de Lima 14 goals |
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| Real Estelí | Managua | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 22 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 21 | 43 |
| 21 | 13 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 60 | 37 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 23 | 77 |
| 27 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 48 |
| 81% | 77% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 93% |
| 63% | 64% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 74% |
| 33% | 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 56% |
| 16% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 24% | 37% |
| 7% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 19% |
| 30% | 18% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 56% |
| 49% | 68% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 40% | 36% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 19% | 16% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 273 | 118 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 122 | 306 |
| 121 | 57 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 50 | 134 |
| 44% | 58% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 48% |
- Managua has the most matches over the total-line (22)
- Managua has the most scored goals (33)
- Managua has the most scored goals in the first half (39)
- Managua has the most scored goals in the second half (38)
- Managua is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Real Estelí has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Real Estelí has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Real Estelí has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Real Estelí has the most clean sheets (15) at home
- Real Estelí has the most matches under the total-line (27)
- Real Estelí have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Real Estelí have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | Diriangen | 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 |