Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Guanacasteca & Grecia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Costa Rica. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Guanacasteca form and stats
Guanacasteca participated in Copa Costa Rica the last season, where they reached the round of 16 and lost against Alajuelense.The Guanacasteca fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Puntarenas and win 3-2. Manager Rodriguez felt very clever after Williams scored the winning goal against Puntarenas, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Sporting San Jose.Guanacasteca are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Santos de Guapiles awaits in three days.
Grecia form and stats
Grecia's mission in Copa Costa Rica last season failed in the quarter-finals against Alajuelense.Grecia played 2-2 against Perez Zeledon in their previous match. Grecia's last match (vs Perez Zeledon) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Rodríguez. As mentioned above, Grecia drew the match against Perez Zeledon. Manager Reynolds brought on Rodríguez to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A 1-1 draw at Municipal Liberia's stadium before that.The schedule is very tough for Grecia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Herediano is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Guanacasteca won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Grecia have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Rojas Jiménez 3 goals |   E. Torres Padilla 2 goals | J. Rivera 2 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Grecia missing players
| Guanacasteca | Grecia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 31 | 25 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 33 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 48% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 27% | ||
| 9.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
