The brand new season is about to begin and the followers are trembling with enthusiasm. It’s a fresh slate as Grecia host Cartaginés for the opening fixture at Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca. Read more!
It's no vacation for neither Grecia nor Cartaginés as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Grecia form and stats
In the previous season, Grecia's league stats were 3 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 12th spot in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored {21 goals} and let in 45. Appearing as the host team in the last season Grecia generated 3-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 14 conceded.
Cartaginés form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cartaginés performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 18/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grecia three wins, two draws and Cartaginés five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Grecia missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Grecia | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grecia | Last season | Cartaginés | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 30 | 67 | ||
| 80 | 29 | Conceded | C | 36 | 64 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 84% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 63% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 65% | ||
| 37% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 22% | ||
| 55% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 18% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 41% | ||
| 15.5 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 41 |
| 3 | Cartaginés | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Herediano | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Sporting San Jose | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | San Carlos | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Santos de Guapiles | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 12 | Grecia | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -24 | 16 |
