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Managua FC vs Jalapa Prediction & Betting tips
There are only two game days left in the regular season of the Nicaraguan Clausura. Everything currently suggests that the Apertura finalist will be the leader in the decisive playoffs. Before the game Managua against Municipal Jalapa, where the odds are also clearly the favorites among the home side, the capital club has five points ahead of the two toughest pursuers.
A home win in the night from Wednesday to Thursday would definitely be enough for the current leaders to fix the best starting position for the upcoming championship round. There is hardly any doubt about such a threesome, especially since the “blue lions” have won seven of their eight games in their own stadium so far and thus represent the best home team in the country.
Nevertheless, before the duel Managua vs. Municipal Jalapa tends to refrain from predicting home wins, which is partly due to the low lucrative odds and partly due to the strong defensive score.
In fact, the fifth in the table, who is also expected to make the leap into the post season, conceded a meager 13 goals. In the most recent seven matches, the ART keeper had to reach behind only three times, so that we managed a Managua vs. Municipal Jalapa think a maximum of two hits in the course of the game is far more interesting.
Managua:
At the Managua Fútbol Club, you no longer know what it feels like to lose a game. The team from the capital remained unbeaten in ten consecutive games and celebrated seven victories. No wonder that the “blue lions” rank first and want to go into the playoffs with this top position.
Two matchdays before the end of the regular season, “La Maquinaria Azul” is five points ahead of the second and third place finishers. With a win in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the MFC would definitely be in first place. If we believe the odds of the best bookmakers between Managua and Municipal Jalapa, this seems to be a mere formality.
Despite the outstanding home record of seven wins and a tie in eight matches, the betting odds on the three-way market are too one-sided in our eyes. After all, it should be borne in mind that the leader only celebrated three of his seven successes with more than one goal difference.
Most of the matches were short, which is also supported by the fact that the capital club only scored more than two of their own goals in three out of 16 games. More than half of all games completed so far ended with a maximum of two goals (nine out of 16). It is quite possible that a corresponding under-bet will prove true even against one of the league’s strongest defensive teams.
Municipal Jalapa:
For the guests from the northwest of the country, the remaining two game days are all about everything. The reason is the accumulated table from the Apertura and Clausura, which decides on relegation to the second division. Although Jalapa is playing a strong second half series and is well on the way to the playoffs, the lead over the first relegation place in the overall classification is just two points. Every point in the struggle for relegation is therefore existential.
This exciting starting position, which may be misunderstood by some bettors when looking at the current table picture, is certainly an argument to forego a forecast in favor of the clearly favored home side in the night from Wednesday to Thursday between Managua and Municipal Jalapa.
The men from the city on the Honduran border should also not be completely underestimated, especially since they only lost two of the most recent seven matches; during this period, however, never conceded more than one goal per game. This impression coincides with the strong defensive values, because with just 13 goals scored over the 16 match days, ART Municipal is one of the best defensive lines in Nicaragua.
The compact defensive has recently come at the expense of its own offensive, which in turn is one of the most harmless in the Central American state with only 16 fools. So far, only six meager hits have been scored abroad.
In five of the eight away games, a bet on Under 2.5 would have paid off. In total, viewers in games with ART participation saw a maximum of two goals in eleven of the last twelve cases. Even with the front-runner, there are many indications of a tough duel with few highlights.
Managua FC vs Jalapa head to head matches
15.03.20 LP Jalapa Managua FC 1 : 1
24.11.19 LP Jalapa Managua FC 1 : 2
03.10.19 LP Managua FC Jalapa 4 : 1
07.04.19 LP Jalapa Managua FC 2 : 2
10.02.19 LP Managua FC Jalapa 3 : 0