Cartaginés and Grecia fans have their most treasured supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Primera Division season. GO!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cartaginés form and stats
The previous season, Cartaginés's league stats were 10 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, providing 5th spot in the Primera Division. From these 22 matches they scored 30 goals and let in 28. Appearing as the host team in the former season Cartaginés produced 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 8 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cartaginés have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 7 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Puntarenas are coming to town in three days.
Grecia form and stats
Let's have a look at how Grecia performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 7 with 11/15 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Grecia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Grecia are hosting Deportivo Saprissa in the Primera Division only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: seven wins for Cartaginés, one draw and two wins for Grecia. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten duels. One of the profiles has been Hernandez with 7 goals scored against Grecia in these 10 games.Cartaginés missing players
Grecia missing players
| Cartaginés | Grecia | ||||||
| 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 |
| Cartaginés | Last season | Grecia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 50 | 25 | Played | P | 22 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 14 | 19 | ||
| 80 | 44 | Scored | S | 20 | 55 | ||
| 67 | 16 | Conceded | C | 36 | 57 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 78% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 56% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 41% | ||
| 34% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 34% | ||
| 22% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 11% | ||
| 60% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 26% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 25% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 28% | ||
| 9.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cartaginés | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Grecia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Pérez Zeledón | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Santos de Guápiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
