It's the second chance for points this season as Juventud Escazuceña and Turrialba battle it out at Estadio Nicolás Masis.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Juventud Escazuceña form and stats
An away draw last time out for Juventud Escazuceña, facing CS Uruguay de Coronado in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Puerto Golfito (0-2).
Last season, Juventud Escazuceña's league statistics were 4 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Liga de Ascenso. Over these 16 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Juventud Escazuceña managed 3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 5 conceded.
Turrialba form and stats
Bitter travels for Turrialba as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Santa Ana match.
Turrialba won their last game, 2-0 versus Consultants Moravia played at home. Prior to that match, the Turrialba manager faced defeat when travelling to CS Uruguay de Coronado and losing 0-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Curridabat in just three days.
Let's have a look at how Turrialba performed last season in the Liga de Ascenso: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 4/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Juventud Escazuceña - Turrialba 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Juventud Escazuceña won 4 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Turrialba has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Juventud Escazuceña missing players
Turrialba missing players
| Juventud Escazuceña | Turrialba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 39 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 26 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 95% | 90% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 57% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 67% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 29% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 7.1 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 173 | 84 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 63 | 120 |
| 62 | 31 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 23 | 53 |
| 63% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 17% | 26% |
- All of Turrialba's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Juventud Escazuceña have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Juventud Escazuceña have scored more than double the goals of Turrialba.
- Juventud Escazuceña have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Turrialba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Turrialba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Turrialba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Turrialba have yet to win a game away.
- Turrialba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting San Jose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Turrialba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | CS Uruguay de Coronado | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Juventud Escazuceña | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Puerto Golfito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Puma Generalena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Curridabat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Consultants Moravia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |