Match Report
The table read 3rd (Real Estelí, 18 pts) against 2nd (Diriangén, 21 pts), 3 points apart. Per game in the league, Real Estelí were scoring 1.89 and conceding 0.67, Diriangén 2 and 0.78, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Real Estelí, winners of their last three, having scored in 7 consecutive games. 8 matches unbeaten backed Diriangén's arrival, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 26 meetings between the two: 5 for Real Estelí, 9 for Diriangén and 12 drawn, at 1.85 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 42% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 19% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Estadio Independencia, with room for 4,800 spectators. Diriangén led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Diriangén: Erick Tellez (6'), Rodrigo Salinas (75')
Key stats
Possession: Real Estelí 50% · Diriangén 50% · Total shots: 14-7 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 3-2