Guanacasteca are leaning on their home advantage to aid them in this game with Sporting San José. Who triumphs at Estadio Chorotega?
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most conceded goals (26) away in Primera Division
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera Division game only three days ago.
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.
Guanacasteca faced defeat in their previous match, away at San Carlos (1-3).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 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 Guanacasteca have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost seven.
There will be little rest for Guanacasteca after this match as they are travelling to ADR Jicaral for a Primera Division game in only three days.
On the other hand, Guanacasteca have conceded 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sporting San José form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting San José's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Primera Division. Sporting San José only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Clunie and López scored in José's previous match, the home game against Alajuelense that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Herediano with the score of 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Sporting San José in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sporting San José, three draws and four defeats.
José are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The Sporting San José manager Garita has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this season, as the records show this recent game: Guanacasteca - Sporting San José 1-0. Medina (Sporting San José) was sent off by the referee when these teams met earlier this season. Head to head data (for the prior six meetings): Guanacasteca won one game, three matches ended with a tie and Sporting San José managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Contreras Enríquez 10 goals |  H. Fener 8 goals | D. Castillo 5 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Sporting San José missing players
| Guanacasteca | Sporting San José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 39 |
| 42 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 28 | 42 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 73% | 54% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 81% |
| 46% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 63% |
| 27% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 46% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 58% | 46% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 59% |
| 19% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 27% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| 4.9 | 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 6.4 | 5.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.7 | 9.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 26% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 27% | 43% |
| 10.3 | 8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 4.3 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have won significantly more corners at home than 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 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 |
