It's the second chance for points this season as Alajuelense and Guadalupe battle it out at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto.
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!
Alajuelense form and stats
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Deportivo Saprissa.
Last season, Alajuelense's league statistics were 16 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Alajuelense managed 7-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 12 conceded.
Guadalupe form and stats
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cartagines that ended 0-0.
Drawing 2-2 against Santos de Guápiles after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager A. Vargas needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
Let's have a look at how Guadalupe performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 11/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Alajuelense victories, one draw and one Guadalupe win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Zamora García 2 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
Guadalupe missing players
| Alajuelense | Guadalupe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Alajuelense | Last season | Guadalupe | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 54 | 27 | Played | P | 22 | 43 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Won | W | 3 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 12 | 15 | ||
| 98 | 56 | Scored | S | 20 | 54 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Conceded | C | 38 | 59 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 74% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 51% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 26% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 54% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | ||
| 35% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 33% | ||
| 19% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 575 | 342 | Total Shots | T S | 166 | 283 | ||
| 214 | 135 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 95 | ||
| 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 57% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Guadalupe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | Grecia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos de Guápiles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Limon | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | UCR | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 38 | -27 | 16 |