Guadalupe will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Alajuelense.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primera Division.
Guadalupe form and stats
Guadalupe are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Guadalupe are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The fans are hoping that Guadalupe will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Primera Division game against Grecia (placed 7th). Before that, Guadalupe had a home game versus Perez Zeledon which ended with a victory 3-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus ADR Jicaral in only three days. This game is also played here at Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero.
The Guadalupe fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Guadalupe have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alajuelense form and stats
Playing away, Alajuelense, who have the most scored goals (39) in Primera Division, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
There were no winners in Alajuelense's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 2-2 vs Deportivo Saprissa (placed 1st). Prior to that match, the Alajuelense manager A. Carevic Ghelfi faced defeat when travelling to Grecia and losing 1-3.
Drawing 2-2 against Deportivo Saprissa after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager A. Carevic Ghelfi needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Santos de Guapiles in just three days.
Alajuelense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Alajuelense have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Alajuelense - Guadalupe 3-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guadalupe one win, one draw and Alajuelense eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lassiter 19 goals | J. Moya Aguilar 15 goals |  F. Zamora García 14 goals |
Guadalupe missing players
Alajuelense missing players
| Guadalupe | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 50 | 30 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 40 | 93 |
| 58 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 46 |
| 88% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 96% | 94% |
| 75% | 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | 79% |
| 52% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | 55% |
| 28% | 26% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 35% | 36% |
| 15% | 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 55% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | 60% |
| 30% | 37% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 35% | 34% |
| 28% | 16% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 17% | 13% |
| 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 260 | 106 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 196 | 490 |
| 90 | 42 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 74 | 205 |
| 56% | 71% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 54% | 44% |
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (20)
- Alajuelense has the most clean sheets (8) away
- Alajuelense has the most points from losing position (20)
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals (39)
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals in the second half (56)
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Guadalupe has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Guadalupe have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Deportivo Saprissa | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 43 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Herediano | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | ADR Jicaral | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Guadalupe | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Grecia | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Santos de Guapiles | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -11 | 17 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Limon | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | UCR | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 35 | -27 | 13 |