It's a new born Primera Division campaign and Guanacasteca are impatient to get on the pitch here at Estadio Chorotega. Sporting San José are visiting and this looks to be a compelling season opening night.
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 Sporting San José.
Guanacasteca form and stats
The season before, Guanacasteca's league stats were 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 7th spot in the Primera Division. During these 22 matches they scored {25 goals} and gave away 27. Performing as the home team in the former season Guanacasteca managed 6-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 8 conceded.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Guanacasteca have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Sporting San José form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sporting San José performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 12/19 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by José in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sporting San José, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Guanacasteca wins - draws - Sporting San José wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández García 1 goals |  J. Rodriguezz Santamaria 1 goals |  Y. Salinas Phillips 1 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Sporting San José missing players
| Guanacasteca | Sporting San José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 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% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 11.2 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.5 | 7.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Guanacasteca | Last season | Sporting San José | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Lost | L | 11 | 12 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 60 | ||
| 55 | 18 | Conceded | C | 31 | 54 | ||
| 92% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 37% | 37% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 61% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 29% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 45% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 68% | 71% | ||
| 26% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 21% | ||
| 37% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 13% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 45% | ||
| 9.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 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 |
