Primera Division game guide: Guadalupe versus Guanacasteca

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Competition: Costa Rica Primera Division
Competition: Sun 15.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca (5500 seats)

The season has been a struggle for Guadalupe so far, and that also applies to Guanacasteca. These brave battlers have a chance to get some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Guadalupe have the fewest scored goals (18) in Primera Division
  • Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (24) in Primera Division

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Guadalupe form and stats

Guadalupe's results here at Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca in the Primera Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 5 draws and 5 defeats. When Guadalupe hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Guadalupe, Pérez Zeledón and ADR Jicaral), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Guadalupe drew their last game, 0-0 away at Herediano.

Before that, Guadalupe drew at home versus Pérez Zeledón.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Guadalupe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 7.

Guadalupe aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded. Guadalupe has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Guanacasteca form and stats

Guanacasteca have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-5-5 (11 played).

Two away games in a row for Guanacasteca, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Cartaginés. Guanacasteca lost heavily in their last match (against Cartaginés as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.

Before that, Guanacasteca secured a home win against Santos de Guápiles with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Guanacasteca in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Guanacasteca, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. When Guanacasteca is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Pérez Zeledón, Guanacasteca and ADR Jicaral.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Guanacasteca - Guadalupe 1-2. Numbers for the preceeding three meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Guadalupe, one draw and zero wins for Guanacasteca. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

GuanacastecaA. Contreras Enríquez
A. Contreras Enríquez
18 goals
GuadalupeR. Rojas Dinarte
R. Rojas Dinarte
7 goals
GuadalupeA. Murillo Fonseca
A. Murillo Fonseca
6 goals

Guadalupe missing players

Guanacasteca missing players

Guadalupe Guanacasteca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 4 Played P 4 21 43
12 7 2 Won W 0 2 11
13 7 1 Drew D 3 9 12
18 7 1 Lost L 1 10 20
50 32 5 Scored S 6 20 44
71 34 3 Conceded C 8 44 71
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
74% 90% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 79%
47% 48% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 53%
37% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 48% 30%
21% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
53% 67% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 58%
21% 10% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 19%
33% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 28%
 
5.1 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.1 4.3
4.9 3.9 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.6 6.3
3 2.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.5
8 4 1 Red cards R C 0 6 8
 
10.1 9.3 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.6 9.2
3.3 2.7 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.5
35% 56% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 31% 30%
 
9.8 6.6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 13 11.7
4.1 2.7 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.6 4.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Guadalupe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guadalupe have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe have the fewest points (8) at home in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe have the fewest scored goals (18) in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe have the most conceded goals in the second half (43) in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Primera Division
  • Guadalupe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Guanacasteca have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Guanacasteca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Guanacasteca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (24) in Primera Division
  • Guanacasteca have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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