Primera Division preview: Can Grecia edge out victory against Sporting San José?

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Competition: Costa Rica Primera Division
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez (4000 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a score draw? It's all possible when the mid-table inhabitants Grecia and Sporting San José duel at Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez.

Insights:
  • Grecia have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Primera Division
  • Sporting San José have the most conceded goals (26) away in Primera Division

It's no vacation for neither Grecia nor Sporting San José as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Grecia form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Grecia have to build on here at Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez in the Primera Division.

Grecia haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 181 minutes ago. Salas scored that one.

Grecia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Alajuelense.

Before that game, the home loss against San Carlos with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grecia handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, six draws and one defeat.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Grecia, as the Primera Division home game vs Santos de Guápiles is only three days away.

Grecia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez with 18 goals in 11 league matches.

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Sporting San José form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting San José so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

Sporting San José's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pérez Zeledón that finished 1-1.

Prior to that match, the José manager Garita faced defeat when travelling to Guanacasteca and losing 0-2.

Sporting San José are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Saprissa in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sporting San José have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. For Sporting San José, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played previously this season: Sporting San José - Grecia 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Grecia one win, five draws and Sporting San José one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting San JoséH. Fener
H. Fener
8 goals
GreciaJ. Agüero Duarte
J. Agüero Duarte
6 goals
GreciaA. López Muñoz
A. López Muñoz
6 goals

Grecia missing players

Sporting San José missing players

Grecia Sporting San José
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 3 14 29
10 7 3 Won W 0 2 10
7 5 0 Drew D 0 3 8
13 3 1 Lost L 3 9 11
35 22 9 Scored S 2 14 40
34 13 3 Conceded C 6 30 45
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 83%
37% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 59%
27% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 31%
7% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 14%
50% 53% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 59%
27% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
30% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 28%
 
5.3 5.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 5 5.3
4.9 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.6
2.8 2.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 2.7 2.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
10.1 10.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.9 8.6
4.1 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 3.4
28% 31% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 24% 41%
 
9 7 4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 10.1 8.9
3.6 3 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 3.2
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Grecia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grecia have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Primera Division
  • Sporting San José have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sporting San José have the most conceded goals (26) away in Primera Division
  • Sporting San José have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Primera Division
  • Sporting San José haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 22 14 3 5 35 17 11 8 2 1 19 3 11 6 1 4 16 14 18 45
2 Alajuelense 22 12 5 5 42 24 11 7 3 1 23 10 11 5 2 4 19 14 18 41
3 Santos de Guápiles 22 10 6 6 45 34 11 6 3 2 25 18 11 4 3 4 20 16 11 36
4 Deportivo Saprissa 22 9 7 6 40 22 11 8 2 1 31 8 11 1 5 5 9 14 18 34
5 Cartaginés 22 10 4 8 30 28 11 6 2 3 17 8 11 4 2 5 13 20 2 34
6 Grecia 22 8 5 9 29 26 11 5 4 2 18 11 11 3 1 7 11 15 3 29
7 Sporting San José 22 7 6 9 30 37 11 6 3 2 18 11 11 1 3 7 12 26 -7 27
8 San Carlos 22 5 9 8 28 34 11 3 4 4 14 15 11 2 5 4 14 19 -6 24
9 Pérez Zeledón 22 6 6 10 21 29 11 5 4 2 14 9 11 1 2 8 7 20 -8 24
10 Guanacasteca 22 6 6 10 21 35 11 5 1 5 11 13 11 1 5 5 10 22 -14 24
11 Guadalupe 22 4 9 9 18 34 11 1 5 5 10 20 11 3 4 4 8 14 -16 21
12 ADR Jicaral 22 4 8 10 19 38 11 3 4 4 13 19 11 1 4 6 6 19 -19 20