Grecia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Alajuelense.
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.
Grecia form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Grecia so far this season.
Grecia shared the glory with ADR Jicaral in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Perez Zeledon.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus Guadalupe in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez.
Grecia have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Grecia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alajuelense form and stats
3-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alajuelense, who have the most scored goals (36) in Primera Division, in their Primera Division matches away.
The Alajuelense goalkeeper Leonel Gerardo Moreira Ledezma is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 214 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Alajuelense are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Primera Division against San Carlos (placed 7th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Cartagines with the score of 2-0.
A new game in only four days for Alajuelense, the Primera Division home match versus Deportivo Saprissa. Busy days.
Alajuelense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Alajuelense have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Alajuelense - Grecia 5-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Grecia victories, zero draws and eight Alajuelense wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lassiter 18 goals | J. Moya Aguilar 15 goals | J. McDonald Porras 13 goals |
Grecia missing players
Alajuelense missing players
| Grecia | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 22 | 45 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 48 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 39 | 90 |
| 59 | 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 41 |
| 94% | 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 95% | 93% |
| 69% | 59% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 77% | 78% |
| 50% | 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 53% |
| 39% | 41% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | 33% |
| 25% | 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 53% | 47% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 25% | 41% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 28% | 24% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 18% | 13% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 232 | 116 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 181 | 468 |
| 90 | 48 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 73 | 202 |
| 50% | 48% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 53% | 44% |
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16)
- Alajuelense has the fewest dropped points from leading position (8)
- Alajuelense has the most clean sheets (8) away
- Alajuelense has the most points from losing position (20)
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals (36)
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals in the second half (54)
- Alajuelense has the the best goal difference (+20)
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Grecia has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Herediano | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | ADR Jicaral | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Cartagines | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Grecia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Santos de Guápiles | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Limon | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | UCR | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | -21 | 13 |