It's a new Primera Division campaign and Pérez Zeledón are longing to get started here at Polideportivo de Pérez Zeledón. Santos de Guápiles are visiting and this should be a captivating season premiere.
It's no vacation for neither Zeledón nor Santos de Guápiles as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Pérez Zeledón form and stats
Last season, Pérez Zeledón's league stats were 7 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses, producing 9th position in the Primera Division. From these 22 matches they scored {26 goals} and let in 41. Appearing as the host team in the former season Pérez Zeledón generated 4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 18 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Pérez Zeledón perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pérez Zeledón as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Pérez Zeledón has won 9 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Let's have a look at how Santos de Guápiles performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 12/16 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos de Guápiles playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Santos de Guápiles wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Zeledón have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) versus Santos de Guápiles.Top Goalscorers
  R. Salas Gómez 2 goals |   J. Montenegro Vallejo 1 goals | M. Ovejero 1 goals |
Pérez Zeledón missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Pérez Zeledón | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 5 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 5.2 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 11.2 |
| 3.2 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.8 |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 10.2 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Pérez Zeledón | Last season | Santos de Guápiles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 66 | 30 | Conceded | C | 30 | 61 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 82% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 79% | ||
| 58% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 47% | ||
| 29% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 63% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 61% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 16% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 29% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 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 Guápiles | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 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 |
