Deportivo Saprissa are located at 2nd, while Santos de Guápiles are bringing up the rear 11 points behind in the league standings. Can they shorten the gap?
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (19) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos de Guápiles have scored away.
Deportivo Saprissa's stadium, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, has a artifical turf surface. Santos de Guápiles have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Santos de Guápiles when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from twelve matches. They have scored {14 goals} in these games and conceded 25.
The visiting Santos de Guápiles played their last game only three days ago, a Primera Division match.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Deportivo Saprissa have been very solid at home in the Primera Division so far, with 16 points collected from 6 matches (5-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. It’s been three wins in a row for Deportivo Saprissa here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Saprissa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Puntarenas (2-3). The first defeat after going undefeated through four league matches.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Guadalupe.Goals are appearing in numbers in this club's league fixtures, with 7 in a row having three or more goals (over 2.5).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Saprissa as they are travelling to their away game against Alajuelense in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.
From these home matches, Saprissa have conceded only 3 goals.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. Santos de Guápiles has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Home advantage was not enough for Santos de Guápiles in their previous game as they lost hosting Cartagines, 0-2. Before that defeat this side had gained at least a draw from six league games in a row.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Puntarenas.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Guápiles have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. As for defending, Santos de Guápiles rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Deportivo Saprissa have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Santos de Guápiles.This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Santos de Guápiles - Saprissa 0-0. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Matarrita González 11 goals |   K. Waston Manley 8 goals | J. East 7 goals |
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| Deportivo Saprissa | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 62 | 34 | 9 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 50 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 69% | 88% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 80% |
| 47% | 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 47% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 7% | 17% |
| 42% | 47% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 60% |
| 53% | 53% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 7% | 13% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 30% |
| 6.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 14.3 | 17.2 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 6.1 | 8.1 |
| 5.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 32% | 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 44% | 40% |
| 7.6 | 5.9 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
- Deportivo Saprissa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santos de Guápiles have scored away.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (19) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Deportivo Saprissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | Alajuelense | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Herediano | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting San José | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Santos de Guápiles | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Puntarenas | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Pérez Zeledón | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Grecia | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
