Primera Division match preview: Grecia versus Deportivo Saprissa

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Competition: Costa Rica Primera Division
Date: Sun 08.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez (4000 seats)

Struggling Grecia will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Deportivo Saprissa in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primera Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Pérez Zeledón.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Deportivo Saprissa have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-10-11 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

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Grecia form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Grecia have to build on here at Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez in the Primera Division.

The home team returns to Estadio Allen Riggioni Suárez after sharing the points with Pérez Zeledón (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Primera Division game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Guadalupe.

The manager L. Arnáez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to ADR Jicaral in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Grecia are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Grecia have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Deportivo Saprissa form and stats

Playing away, Deportivo Saprissa have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season.

Two away games in a row for Deportivo Saprissa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Aguila in the Concacaf League. A 1-1 draw at Limón's stadium before that.

A new game in only three days for Deportivo Saprissa, the Primera Division home match versus San Carlos. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportivo Saprissa as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Deportivo Saprissa have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Grecia-Deportivo Saprissa H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Grecia 0 wins, Deportivo Saprissa 5 wins, 3 draws. 6 of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

J. Venegas
6 goals
Y. Araya
4 goals
K. Cerdas
3 goals

Grecia missing players

Deportivo Saprissa missing players

Grecia Deportivo Saprissa
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played 1 4 8
3 3 0 Won 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew 1 1 2
4 1 1 Lost 0 2 2
16 11 1 Scored 1 3 16
20 7 3 Conceded 1 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 100% 75% 88%
70% 80% 100% Over 2.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 0% 25% 50%
30% 20% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 12%
70% 60% 100% BTTS 100% 50% 50%
20% 40% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 25%
10% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 50% 25%
 
4.4 4.2 7 Corners For (avg) 5 5.5 5.5
5.6 5.2 2 Corners Against (avg) 3 3.5 3.2
2 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.8 2.1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Deportivo Saprissa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Deportivo Saprissa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Deportivo Saprissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grecia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grecia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportivo Saprissa have scored away.
  • Grecia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Grecia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Grecia
All Liga de Ascenso Primera Division
All Home Away
15-08-19 PD Grecia 1 - 3 Alajuelense
18-08-19 PD Santos de Guápiles 1 - 1 Grecia
25-08-19 PD Cartaginés 4 - 1 Grecia
01-09-19 PD Grecia 2 - 1 Guadalupe
05-09-19 PD Pérez Zeledón 1 - 1 Grecia
08-09-19 PD Grecia 19:00 Deportivo Saprissa
11-09-19 PD ADR Jicaral 21:00 Grecia
19-09-19 PD Grecia 21:05 Herediano
22-09-19 PD Limón 19:00 Grecia
29-09-19 PD Grecia 19:00 San Carlos
Deportivo Saprissa
All Concacaf League CONCACAF Champions League Primera Division Club Friendlies
All Home Away
15-08-19 PD Deportivo Saprissa 4 - 0 ADR Jicaral
18-08-19 PD Deportivo Saprissa 2 - 2 Cartaginés
22-08-19 CL Deportivo Saprissa 2 - 0 Aguila
25-08-19 PD Limón 1 - 1 Deportivo Saprissa
29-08-19 CL Aguila 1 - 0 Deportivo Saprissa
08-09-19 PD Grecia 19:00 Deportivo Saprissa
12-09-19 PD Deportivo Saprissa 02:00 San Carlos
19-09-19 PD Pérez Zeledón 02:00 Deportivo Saprissa
22-09-19 PD Deportivo Saprissa 19:00 Santos de Guápiles
25-09-19 CL Deportivo Saprissa 02:00 Independiente

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Alajuelense 10 7 2 1 25 11 5 3 1 1 11 7 5 4 1 0 14 4 14 23
2 Deportivo Saprissa 8 4 2 2 16 10 4 3 1 0 13 3 4 1 1 2 3 7 6 14
3 Herediano 8 4 2 2 14 9 4 3 0 1 9 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 14
4 San Carlos 9 4 2 3 18 14 5 3 1 1 13 8 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 14
5 Cartaginés 9 3 4 2 10 10 5 2 2 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 13
6 ADR Jicaral 10 3 4 3 9 11 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 1 1 3 3 8 -2 13
7 Pérez Zeledón 10 4 1 5 11 19 5 3 1 1 6 5 5 1 0 4 5 14 -8 13
8 Santos de Guápiles 10 2 6 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 10 5 5 0 4 1 5 6 4 12
9 Grecia 10 3 3 4 16 20 5 3 1 1 11 7 5 0 2 3 5 13 -4 12
10 Guadalupe 9 2 3 4 13 17 4 1 2 1 7 7 5 1 1 3 6 10 -4 9
11 UCR 9 2 2 5 10 15 4 1 1 2 4 4 5 1 1 3 6 11 -5 8
12 Limón 10 2 1 7 12 22 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 0 0 5 5 15 -10 7

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