It's a fresh beginning in Primera Division - the first match of the season. Read this full guide and see how Alajuelense and Santos de Guápiles did in their pre-season friendlies!
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's aim for an energetic game!
Alajuelense form and stats
The season before, Alajuelense's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, ending with 2nd position in the Primera Division. From these 22 matches they scored 42 goals and gave away 24. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Alajuelense produced 7-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 10 conceded.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Alajuelense as they have a new game in only three days, a Primera Division match thankfully also at home. Guanacasteca are visiting.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Let's have a look at how Santos de Guápiles performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 20/16 goals scored/conceded.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Guápiles manager Arias as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sporting San Jose.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alajuelense five wins, one draw and Santos de Guápiles four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.Alajuelense missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Alajuelense | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alajuelense | Last season | Santos de Guápiles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 54 | 27 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 88 | 48 | Scored | S | 28 | 76 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Conceded | C | 37 | 68 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 72% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 85% | ||
| 52% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 37% | ||
| 15% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 26% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 63% | ||
| 39% | 48% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 17% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 22% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 12.5 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Guadalupe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Puntarenas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sporting San Jose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
