Only a few games have been played in the Liga de Ascenso so far, with Juventud Escazuceña placed 3rd and Santa Ana sitting in the 6th position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Juventud Escazuceña form and stats
As mentioned below, Juventud Escazuceña are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Liga de Ascenso games. Two home wins in a row for Juventud Escazuceña bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, led his Juventud Escazuceña to a defeat in the Liga de Ascenso match away at Consultants Moravia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Nicolás Masis Quesada. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sporting San José.
At Estadio Nicolás Masis Quesada, Juventud Escazuceña has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Santa Ana form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Liga de Ascenso for Santa Ana, who have the most scored goals (14) in Liga de Ascenso, with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Santa Ana are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Puma Generalena (placed 8th). A home win before that, celebrating 7-2 vs Curridabat.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Santa Ana are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Santa Ana defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Juventud Escazuceña - Santa Ana 4-0. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Juventud Escazuceña victories, zero draws and zero Santa Ana wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Juventud Escazuceña missing players
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| Juventud Escazuceña | Santa Ana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 44 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 30 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 43 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 84% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 71% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 64% | 48% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 29% |
| 64% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 81% |
| 32% | 58% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 6 | 6.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 204 | 98 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 59 | 170 |
| 74 | 38 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 20 | 63 |
| 59% | 55% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 43% |
- All of Santa Ana's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Juventud Escazuceña has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Juventud Escazuceña have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Santa Ana has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Santa Ana has the most scored goals (14)
- Santa Ana has the most scored goals (6) away
- Santa Ana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santa Ana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Ana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santa Ana haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Turrialba | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Sporting San José | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Juventud Escazuceña | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Consultants Moravia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | CS Uruguay de Coronado | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Santa Ana | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Puerto Golfito | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Puma Generalena | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Curridabat | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 2 |