Sporting San José and Juventud Escazuceña are both riding high in the Liga de Ascenso with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for José and Juventud Escazuceña.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Sporting San José form and stats
Overall Liga de Ascenso stats at home this season for Sporting San José are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Sporting San José here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
In their previous game, led his José to a defeat in the Liga de Ascenso match away at Juventud Escazuceña. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guanacasteca in a game that was won 5-0.
The Sporting San José fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. José have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Juventud Escazuceña form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga de Ascenso matches, Juventud Escazuceña, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Liga de Ascenso, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far.
Escazuceña had fun at their own home last time out, beating Sporting San José 2-1. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Consultants Moravia (after extra-time).
Escazuceña are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Escazuceña have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Juventud Escazuceña - Sporting San José 2-1 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Sporting San José, three draws and two wins for Juventud Escazuceña. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Sporting San José missing players
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| Sporting San José | Juventud Escazuceña | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 18 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 17 | 36 |
| 23 | 14 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 68 | 40 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 27 | 60 |
| 41 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 41 |
| 92% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 81% |
| 62% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 65% | 53% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 41% | 33% |
| 13% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | 14% |
| 64% | 72% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 64% |
| 26% | 28% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 31% |
| 18% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 6% | 11% |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 315 | 152 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 134 | 279 |
| 109 | 54 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 49 | 108 |
| 59% | 67% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 53% | 50% |
- Juventud Escazuceña has the most clean sheets (10)
- Juventud Escazuceña has the most points from losing position (4)
- Juventud Escazuceña have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting San José has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Sporting San José has the most dropped points from leading position (3)
- Sporting San José has the most matches over the total-line (22)
- Sporting San José has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Sporting San José has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Sporting San José have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting San José have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting San José have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Sporting San José | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Juventud Escazuceña | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | CS Uruguay de Coronado | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Consultants Moravia | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Santa Ana | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Turrialba | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Puerto Golfito | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Puma Generalena | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Curridabat | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 6 |