The standings tells us that 10 points divide the two opponents in this Primera Division game. Alajuelense enjoy both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (31) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos de Guápiles have scored away.
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.
Alajuelense form and stats
6-0-1 is the performance here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto so far in the Primera Division, giving Alajuelense a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!
Alajuelense's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Santos de Guápiles (placed 6th).
Preceding that result, a home defeat in the CONCACAF Champions League against Los Angeles FC. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Alajuelense home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
At Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuelense has the goal stats of 21-7 (for/against) from 7 league fixtures.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Santos de Guápiles playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. Santos de Guápiles has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Santos de Guápiles goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 237 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Guápiles play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Alajuelense (placed 2nd).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Guanacasteca.Santos de Guápiles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Santos de Guápiles have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H encounter ended Alajuelense - Santos de Guápiles 0-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alajuelense four wins, zero draws and Santos de Guápiles six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Matarrita González 11 goals |  D. Rodriguez 3 goals | A. Suarez Zuñiga 3 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Alajuelense | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 17 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 57 | 37 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 34 |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 48 |
| 87% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 73% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 82% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 25% |
| 20% | 31% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 18% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 64% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 30% | 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 5.7 | 6.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 14.1 | 18 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 6.1 | 8 |
| 5.1 | 6.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 37% | 35% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 44% | 44% |
| 9.3 | 9.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 13.6 | 13.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.6 | 5 |
- Alajuelense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos de Guápiles have scored away.
- Alajuelense have the most points (18) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (21) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (31) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+21) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Santos de Guápiles 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 | Deportivo Saprissa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Herediano | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Santos de Guápiles | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Guanacasteca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Puntarenas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 11 | Grecia | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 8 |
