Match Report
34 points separated the sides: Real Estelí 1st on 46, Deportivo Ocotal 10th on 12. Deportivo Ocotal ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Real Estelí ran at 2.33 scored and 0.94 conceded, Deportivo Ocotal at 1 and 2.22.
Real Estelí came in having won seven on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Real Estelí against 7/15 for Deportivo Ocotal.
15 meetings are on record — 12 won by Real Estelí, 2 by Deportivo Ocotal, 1 drawn, at 2.87 goals per meeting. Where history says 2.87 goals per meeting, the last five say 4.
Estadio Independencia in Esteli, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Real Estelí led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.