Santos de Guápiles have excelled Grecia so far this season, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the details you need prior to kickoff:
- Santos de Guápiles have the most scored goals (45) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grecia have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Guápiles and Grecia.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Santos de Guápiles have played 11 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Santos de Guápiles has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Santos de Guápiles lost their last game at Guanacasteca after a 0-2 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Guápiles lost 1-4 at Cartaginés's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Santos de Guápiles perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santos de Guápiles as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Santos de Guápiles has won four of these, drawn five and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Alajuelense are coming to town in four days.
Santos de Guápiles can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 25 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Grecia form and stats
There's been little loot from Grecia's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Primera Division. Grecia only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Grecia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Sporting San José.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Alajuelense.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Grecia in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Grecia, five draws and three defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Grecia are hosting Deportivo Saprissa in the Primera Division only four days away.
15 goals have been conceded by Grecia in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier on this campaign: Grecia - Santos de Guápiles 2-0. The referee got to use his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Salas (Grecia). Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Guápiles wins - draws - Grecia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Méndez James 14 goals |  J. Agüero Duarte 10 goals | R. Salas Gómez 9 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
Grecia missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | Grecia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 21 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 21 | 42 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 72 | 44 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 53 |
| 68 | 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 34 | 52 |
| 98% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 84% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 71% | 71% |
| 61% | 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 43% | 40% |
| 39% | 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 38% | 33% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 10% |
| 66% | 76% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 52% | 52% |
| 14% | 19% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 14% | 26% |
| 23% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.1 | 12.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 42% | 45% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 24% | 27% |
| 11.9 | 11.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
- Grecia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Grecia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Santos de Guápiles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos de Guápiles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grecia have scored away.
- Santos de Guápiles have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most points from losing position (22) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most scored goals (45) in Primera Division
| 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 |
