National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Santos de Guápiles or Limón Black Star that keep their silverware dream alive.
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
Last season, Guápiles's Copa Costa Rica journey ended in the quarter-finals against Deportivo Saprissa.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Santos de Guápiles, who played 3-3 against Municipal Liberia. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar). There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Municipal Liberia as Cole's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Cole was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Municipal Liberia after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Grecia.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guápiles handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
There will be little rest for Santos de Guápiles after this match as they are travelling to Perez Zeledon for a Primera Division game in only three days.
Limón Black Star form and stats
The Liga de Ascenso season is young and Limón Black Star have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Limón Black Star are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Turrialba.
Before that, Limón Black Star secured a home win against CS Uruguay de Coronado with the score 2-0.We have checked recent matches where Limón Black Star have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Escorpiones Belen in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Limón Black Star has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Salas Gómez 2 goals |  A. Ruíz Cole 1 goals |  J. Madrigal Espinoza 1 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
Limón Black Star missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | Limón Black Star | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | ||
| 13.8 | 13.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Escorpiones Belen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Santa Ana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Aserri | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Limón Black Star | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Consultants Moravia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | CS Uruguay de Coronado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Turrialba | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Cariari Pococi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
