Struggling Santos de Guápiles will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Deportivo Saprissa in the upcoming league round. It’s 5th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Santos de Guápiles nor Deportivo Saprissa 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.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Deportivo Saprissa's home stadium. The visitors last 32 games on grass have ended in 16 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Santos de Guápiles's struggle is real here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar with only 6 points collected from 8 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-6-2. With eight home Primera Division games in a row without a win, the Guápiles fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Herediano game long ago, can be stopped today.
J. Madrigal was the last player to score a league goal for Santos de Guápiles and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Guápiles haven't scored in 311 minutes. The Guápiles goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 191 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
The spoils were shared in Guápiles's previous game, also at home. Visiting Deportivo Saprissa travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Limon that ended 0-0.
Guápiles aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Santos de Guápiles have conceded 12 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Santos de Guápiles (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The Primera Division match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that, Saprissa secured a home win against Guadalupe with the score 5-1.
The attacking power of Deportivo Saprissa when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Guápiles - Deportivo Saprissa 0-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guápiles two wins, three draws and Deportivo Saprissa five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Santos de Guápiles missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 86% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 145 | 76 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 62 | 174 |
| 36 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 25 | 59 |
| 31% | 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 39% |
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored more than double the goals of Santos de Guápiles.
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest points (6) at home in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest scored goals (11) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the most clean sheets (5) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the most conceded goals (12) at home in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Santos de Guápiles have yet to win a game at home.
- Santos de Guápiles is in the worst form (0-4-2)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | Herediano | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Guadalupe | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 18 |
| 4 | Perez Zeledon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 15 |
| 5 | Santos de Guápiles | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 14 |
| 6 | Grecia | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 10 |