Stadium regulars at Estadio Chorotega haven’t enjoyed many home wins this season, with Guanacasteca withering away in the 9th place. The visiting San Carlos will believe to guard their higher league place in this fixture.
- Guanacasteca is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
This arena has grass, which is not San Carlos's everyday surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on grass San Carlos have performed like this: Played 39 matches yielding 9 wins, 11 draws and 19 defeats with the goal data 51-68 (scored/conceded).
Guanacasteca form and stats
The Primera Division statistics playing at home this season for Guanacasteca are 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Guanacasteca with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Guadalupe game, 30 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Guanacasteca faced defeat in their previous match, away at Perez Zeledon (0-2).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alajuelense (1-4).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 13 games. Guanacasteca has won four of these, drawn three and lost six.
Guanacasteca has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Guanacasteca have conceded 12 goals.
San Carlos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for San Carlos so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).
Carlos had fun at their own home (Estadio Chorotega) last time out, beating Sporting San Jose 3-1. J. Aguilar (2) and F. Ramírez scored.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Herediano.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with San Carlos playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were four San Carlos wins, four draws and six defeats.
The visiting Carlos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Carlos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the final score San Carlos - Guanacasteca 0-1 written in the official records. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Guanacasteca won four, San Carlos were winners in six and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Contreras Enríquez 8 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 8 goals | J. Aguilar Bustamante 7 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
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| Guanacasteca | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 67% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 56% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 72% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 6.1 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 9.2 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | 33% |
- Guanacasteca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Guanacasteca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Guanacasteca is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Santos de Guapiles | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Grecia | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sporting San Jose | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Guanacasteca | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 10 | Guadalupe | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | ADR Jicaral | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 12 | Perez Zeledon | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 18 |