With the volatile opening match finished it’s time for the second Primera Division battle of the season. UNAN Managua eagerly anticipate Matagalpa in front of their home fans.
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they played only three days ago in the Copa Nicaragua. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Walter Ferreti.
UNAN Managua form and stats
The season before, UNAN Managua's league statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 8th place in the Primera Division. From these 18 matches they scored {25 goals} and conceded 38. Performing as the home team in the last season UNAN Managua delivered 3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with {12 goals} and 15 conceded.
The supporters hope that Managua will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Copa Nicaragua fixture against Walter Ferreti.
Heartbreak before that as UNAN Managua lost 0-2 at Real Estelí's place.Matagalpa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Matagalpa performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 6/22 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first Primera Division away game of the season. During their previous season 9 away games resulted in 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Walter Ferreti (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Before that game, 0-0 away against H&H Export in the Copa Nicaragua.
It's early days yet, but Matagalpa has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous four meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Managua, one draw and one win for Matagalpa. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels. One of the stars has been Forbes with 4 goals scored against UNAN Managua in these 4 games.
UNAN Managua missing players
Matagalpa missing players
| UNAN Managua | Matagalpa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| UNAN Managua | Last season | Matagalpa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 13 | 21 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 63 | 27 | Conceded | C | 39 | 63 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 69% | ||
| 69% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 54% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 13% | ||
| 56% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 41% | ||
| 22% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 33% | ||
| 31% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 33% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | H&H Export | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Real Estelí | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Organica Masachapa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Walter Ferreti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Matagalpa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Deportivo Ocotal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Jalapa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Diriangen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | UNAN Managua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Diriangen | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Real Estelí | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Managua | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Walter Ferreti | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Matagalpa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Deportivo Ocotal | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | UNAN Managua | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Jalapa | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 19 |
| 9 | H&H Export | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 10 | Juventus Managua | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -19 | 13 |
