This is the Primera Division opening game for these sides, whom at last are battling for points again. Will Guanacasteca or San Carlos get that very important first win?
This ground has grass, which is not San Carlos's everyday surface at their own field. When appearing on grass San Carlos have performed like this: Played 33 matches earning 7 wins, 11 draws and 15 defeats with the goal difference 33-51 (scored/conceded).
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!
Guanacasteca form and stats
The previous season, Guanacasteca's league stats were 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, ending with 7th place in the Primera Division. From these 22 matches they scored {25 goals} and gave away 27. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Guanacasteca managed 6-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 8 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Guanacasteca perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Guanacasteca as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Guanacasteca has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
San Carlos form and stats
Let's have a look at how San Carlos performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {30 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 10/17 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by San Carlos in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for San Carlos, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Guanacasteca won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and San Carlos managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Azofeifa 1 goals |  E. Anderson Gomez 1 goals |  J. McDonald Porras 1 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Guanacasteca | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 11.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Guanacasteca | Last season | San Carlos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 48 | ||
| 55 | 18 | Conceded | C | 32 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 76% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 58% | ||
| 26% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 32% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 21% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 9.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 | Cartagines | 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 |
