It's finally time for the Primera Division opening game for these contenders, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Guanacasteca or Deportivo Saprissa get that very important first three points?
Guanacasteca's stadium, Estadio Chorotega, has a grass surface. Deportivo Saprissa have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Deportivo Saprissa when playing on grass; 13 wins, 11 draws and 14 losses from 38 matches. They have scored {42 goals} in these games and conceded 43.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Guanacasteca and Deportivo Saprissa.
Guanacasteca form and stats
The previous season, Guanacasteca's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 7th spot in the Primera Division. In these 22 matches they scored {25 goals} and gave away 27. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Guanacasteca produced 6-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 8 conceded.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Saprissa in the national league as they took home the Primera Division trophy. The championship was secured after 15 wins, 5 draws and only 2 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 5, drew 4 and lost 2.
Head 2 Head
Deportivo Saprissa have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Guanacasteca.The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Guzmán Pérez 1 goals |  J. East 1 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| Guanacasteca | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| 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 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guanacasteca | Last season | Deportivo Saprissa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 25 | 50 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 13 | 33 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 33 | 90 | ||
| 55 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 92% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 70% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 46% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 12% | ||
| 45% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 26% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 48% | 52% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 14.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 9.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 |
