Guanacasteca supporters put their faith in manager Rodriguez to deliver victory against Santos de Guápiles

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Competition: Costa Rica Primera Division
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Chorotega (4105 seats)

Which team will claim the win when Santos de Guápiles go to play Guanacasteca? In this match guide you'll find all the relevant facts and stats necessary to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Primera Division

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Guanacasteca form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 Primera Division games here at Estadio Chorotega for Guanacasteca. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

Guanacasteca haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 208 minutes ago. Castrillo scored that one.

Guanacasteca drew their last game, also a home match. Santos de Guápiles (placed 8th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Heartbreak before that as Guanacasteca lost 0-2 at San Carlos's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Guanacasteca have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 16 league matches, 12 have produced two goals or less.

Guanacasteca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Chorotega with 19 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Guanacasteca have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Santos de Guápiles form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos de Guápiles so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).

Santos de Guápiles has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Guanacasteca for a 0-0 draw.

Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Guadalupe.

Santos de Guápiles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Guápiles have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 16 goals have been conceded by Santos de Guápiles in these games.

Head 2 Head

Guanacasteca - Santos de Guápiles 0-0 was the product when these contenders formerly met, also in this season. Previous eight meetings involving these contenders: Guanacasteca won three, Santos de Guápiles were winners in four and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

Santos de GuápilesS. Matarrita González
S. Matarrita González
12 goals
GuanacastecaJ. Córdoba Pérez
J. Córdoba Pérez
10 goals
GuanacastecaD. Castrillo
D. Castrillo
4 goals

Guanacasteca missing players

Santos de Guápiles missing players

Guanacasteca Santos de Guápiles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 3 Played P 4 19 38
9 7 2 Won W 0 2 9
10 7 1 Drew D 3 8 12
19 5 0 Lost L 1 9 17
34 24 4 Scored S 7 19 44
55 18 1 Conceded C 8 30 61
92% 84% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
71% 74% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 84% 79%
37% 37% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 47%
21% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 24%
13% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 16%
45% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 63% 61%
26% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
37% 26% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 32% 29%
 
4.2 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.2 3.6
6.2 5.7 8.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.7 5.2
2.6 2.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.2 2.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 6 10
 
8.7 9 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 6.3 8.2
2.8 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.7 3.2
32% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 37% 36%
 
9.7 6.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 6 13.6 13.8
3.6 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Guanacasteca have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Primera Division
  • Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Primera Division

  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 Guápiles 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