This looks to be an exciting match as Guanacasteca have their presumed home advantage, while Santos de Guápiles have an edge of 3 points in the Primera Division standings.
- Guanacasteca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos de Guápiles have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Primera Division
These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the Primera Division. That game was an away game at Grecia, so at least Guanacasteca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Guanacasteca form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Guanacasteca have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Guanacasteca has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Chorotega, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Guanacasteca faced defeat in their previous match, away at Grecia (1-3).
1-1 away at Guadalupe before that.Guanacasteca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Guanacasteca's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos de Guápiles so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Guápiles seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
There might be some fixture complaints from Guápiles as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Primera Division match against Alajuelense (0-1).
A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Sporting San Jose.A quick return to home after this game, as Guápiles are hosting Forge in the Concacaf League only three days away.
Guápiles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Guápiles's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head match ended Santos de Guápiles - Guanacasteca 2-1, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Contreras Enríquez 7 goals |  P. Arboine Carmona 3 goals | E. Méndez James 3 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Guanacasteca | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 73% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 73% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 80% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 13% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.7 | 9.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11 | 11.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 46% |
- Guanacasteca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guanacasteca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Guanacasteca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santos de Guápiles have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Santos de Guápiles have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles have the most points from losing position (11) in Primera Division
- Santos de Guápiles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Grecia | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Santos de Guápiles | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Deportivo Saprissa | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Sporting San Jose | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Guanacasteca | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | ADR Jicaral | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | San Carlos | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Perez Zeledon | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 9 |