Santos de Guápiles - Guanacasteca. 3rd place welcomes 10th place. Nothing is certain - get a full overview of the game here!
- Santos de Guápiles have the most scored goals (45) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Primera Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Santos de Guápiles, who have the most scored goals (45) in Primera Division, so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Santos de Guápiles to get some points in this home game.
The Guápiles followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar: A 1-3 defeat against Cartaginés.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santos de Guápiles handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, four draws and two defeats.
The manager Santamaría will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Grecia in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 11 games), Santos de Guápiles's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Guápiles have conceded 18 from these games.
Guanacasteca form and stats
There's been little loot from Guanacasteca's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Primera Division. Guanacasteca only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.
Guanacasteca play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Herediano.
Before that, Guanacasteca travelled to ADR Jicaral and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.Guanacasteca are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cartaginés in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Guanacasteca as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Guanacasteca has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this campaign: Guanacasteca - Guápiles 1-3. Santos de Guápiles-Guanacasteca H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Santos de Guápiles two wins, Guanacasteca zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). Mora likes to meet Guanacasteca and have scored 2 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Contreras Enríquez 13 goals |  L. Paradela 7 goals | E. Méndez James 6 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
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| Santos de Guápiles | Guanacasteca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 52 | 29 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 47 | 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | 45 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 80% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 76% |
| 70% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 60% | 48% |
| 43% | 53% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 47% | 28% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 13% | 7% |
| 73% | 80% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 73% | 59% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 20% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | 24% |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.4 | 7.9 | 6.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 10.8 | 12.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 46% | 45% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 30% |
| 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 12.3 | 10.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
