Real Esteli hosts Diriangen in the second leg of the Nicaraguan Primera Liga Clausura semifinals. The match will be played on Thursday, April 30th at Estadio Independencia (Estelí)
Real Esteli held a very high-quality regular championship - the team finished the “smooth” championship in second place in the standings, having lost only to Managua. The team missed the first round of the playoffs due to its high position in the standings, but in the second, Esteli fights with Diriangen, which is one of the most successful teams in the country of recent times. However, Real Esteli managed to win the first away game with a score of 1-0, so the hosts have an excellent reserve, which just needs to be saved. It is obvious that the hosts will not rush ahead from the first minutes. The visitors need to win back, so I’m waiting for the impeccable defense that Real Esteli showed during the regular season – the team conceded only 11 goals in 18 meetings. I think that the upcoming match will turn out to be quite tense, and there will not be many goals scored.
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Diriangen, just like its opponent, was good throughout the year - the team managed to take third place in the standings of its local championship. Today's visitors lost to Real Esteli only in terms of the goal difference. Diriangen was very good in many aspects, especially in defense (the same 11 goals conceded that Esteli had), but today's visitors scored much less than their opponents did. In the first match, Diriangen did not use a few good attempts and conceded a goal. Now the chances of success are very little. If Esteli can score, the visitors will need to score two times, so Diriangen will attack with an eye on its penalty area.
It seems to me that it is worth betting on low-scoring football. Real Esteli showed a very high-quality game in defense during the entire regular season, but exactly the same thing can be said about Diriangen. I think that you should not wait for productive football in the upcoming game because the teams rarely please the fans with goal extravaganza – the last six head-to-head matches ended with Under 2.5 goals scored. I think this trend will continue.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
