After the first game it's Sporting San José - Santos de Guápiles 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Primera Division game of the season?
It's no vacation for neither Sporting San José nor Santos de Guápiles 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.
Sporting San José form and stats
Last season, Sporting San José's league stats were 7 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 7th spot in the Primera Division. In these 22 matches they scored 30 goals and let in 37. Performing at home in the previous season Sporting San José produced 6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 11 conceded.
It's back home for José, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Guadalupe away with the result 2-1. Azofeifa and Mora found the net in that victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Mora scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
Heartbreak before that as Sporting San José lost 1-2 at San Carlos's place.Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Let's have a look at how Santos de Guápiles performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 20/16 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Primera Division ended in defeat. Last season Santos de Guápiles had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 2, drew 2 and lost 7.
There might be some fixture complaints from Guápiles as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Alajuelense.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Alajuelense.0 goals so far away for Santos de Guápiles, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings featuring these squads: Sporting San José won three, Santos de Guápiles were winners in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven duels.Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Azofeifa Corrales 1 goals | ![]() J. Mora Campos 1 goals |
Sporting San José missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Sporting San José | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Sporting San José | Last season | Santos de Guápiles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 44 | 22 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 59 | 36 | Scored | S | 28 | 76 | ||
| 65 | 23 | Conceded | C | 37 | 68 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 77% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 85% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 59% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 37% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 26% | ||
| 55% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 63% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 17% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 22% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 42% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | ||
| 9.9 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puntarenas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Sporting San José | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Cartaginés | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | San Carlos | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 6 | Sporting San José | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Guadalupe | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 8 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Grecia | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 22 |