This game involves two squads dwelling in the lower parts of the Primera Division, Guanacasteca holding 10th place and Guadalupe in 11th. A nice opportunity for one of the squads to boost their situation.
- Guanacasteca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Guadalupe have the fewest scored goals (18) in Primera Division
Guanacasteca form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Guanacasteca have to build on here at Estadio Chorotega in the Primera Division.
The Guanacasteca crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Deportivo Saprissa here at Estadio Chorotega.
Before that, Guanacasteca drew at home versus Cartaginés.This is expected to be a close game, with Guanacasteca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Guanacasteca as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Guanacasteca has won three of these, drawn four and lost seven.
Guanacasteca have conceded 13 in these home matches. Guanacasteca has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Guadalupe form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Guadalupe, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Primera Division, have produced an overall stat of 3-4-4 so far.
Guadalupe's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Herediano that finished 1-1.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Pérez Zeledón at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Guadalupe in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Guadalupe, six draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Guadalupe as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. Guadalupe have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Guadalupe - Guanacasteca 1-1 written in the official records. Cabrera (Guadalupe) and Olivero (Guanacasteca) were shown red cards when these sides met previously this season. Will it be as rough this time? Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Guanacasteca wins - draws - Guadalupe wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Contreras Enríquez 13 goals |  R. Rojas Dinarte 6 goals | A. Murillo Fonseca 5 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Guadalupe missing players
| Guanacasteca | Guadalupe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 36 |
| 50 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 47 |
| 97% | 94% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 94% |
| 78% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 72% |
| 47% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 25% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 34% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 16% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 50% |
| 19% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 34% |
| 4.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.9 | 9.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 11.4 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 18% | 32% |
| 10.5 | 9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 12.2 | 9.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
- Guadalupe have the fewest scored goals (18) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Guapiles | 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 |
