The fresh new season is about to begin and the followers are shivering with enthusiasm. It’s all to play for as Grecia greet Sporting San José for the opening match at Estadio Rafael Bolaños. Read on!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Grecia form and stats
Last season, Grecia's league statistics were 3 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, leading to 12th spot in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored {21 goals} and let in 45. Playing as the home team in the former season Grecia managed 3-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 14 conceded.
Sporting San José form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sporting San José performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 12/19 goals scored/conceded.
The schedule is very tough for Sporting San José now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Costa Rica game at CS Uruguay de Coronado is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Grecia victories, three draws and four Sporting San José wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Rojas Jiménez 2 goals | J. Rivera 1 goals |  J. Rodriguezz Santamaria 1 goals |
Grecia missing players
Sporting San José missing players
| Grecia | Sporting San José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 30% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 9.7 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Grecia | Last season | Sporting San José | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Lost | L | 11 | 12 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 60 | ||
| 80 | 29 | Conceded | C | 31 | 54 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 84% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 63% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 61% | ||
| 37% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 55% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 68% | 71% | ||
| 16% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 21% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 13% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 45% | ||
| 15.5 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 José | 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 |
