Soccer game guide: Home crowds with high optimism before San Carlos - Grecia

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Competition: Costa Rica Primera Division
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez (5600 seats)

This match involves two teams residing in the basement of the Primera Division, San Carlos having 9th spot and Grecia in 11th. A decent opportunity for one of the squads to better their position.

Insights:
  • Grecia have the most conceded goals (29) in Primera Division

Grecia play their home games on grass, while this game will take part on artifical turf. Recent data for Grecia when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from nine matches. They have managed to score {11 goals} and conceded 15 times on these occasions.

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!

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San Carlos form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what San Carlos have to build on here at Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez in the Primera Division.

The followers are hoping that San Carlos will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Herediano (placed 3rd). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league fixtures. A goal frenzy last time out for San Carlos, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Herediano. Fun stuff to watch!

In the match before that, Carlos hosted Alajuelense and drew the game 2-2.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cartaginés are coming to town in three days.

San Carlos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. San Carlos has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Grecia form and stats

There's been little loot from Grecia's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Primera Division. Grecia only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Grecia, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Rodríguez was the last player to score for the away team. Grecia haven't scored a league goal in the last 237 minutes.

Grecia's previous game was their home loss versus Perez Zeledon (0-1).

A 0-3 defeat away at Herediano before that.

After this away game Grecia return home for a Primera Division game against Santos de Guapiles. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Grecia concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other previously this season, with the result Grecia - San Carlos 0-0 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carlos two wins, two draws and Grecia six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GreciaF. Lesme Lesme
F. Lesme Lesme
13 goals
GreciaJ. Bonilla
J. Bonilla
8 goals
San CarlosM. Mena Rojas
M. Mena Rojas
7 goals

San Carlos missing players

Grecia missing players

San Carlos Grecia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 3 Played P 2 14 30
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 9
12 7 2 Drew D 0 1 4
10 2 0 Lost L 1 9 17
33 18 5 Scored S 2 20 44
40 14 3 Conceded C 3 37 64
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 93% 83%
47% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 79% 67%
23% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 43%
13% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 36% 30%
57% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 57%
33% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 7% 17%
23% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 30%
 
4.9 5.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.1 4.7
4.8 3.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.8 5.7
3.2 3.4 4.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.2
10 5 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9 8.1 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.3 11.9
3.2 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.1 4.3
34% 35% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 34% 34%
 
9.6 7 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 17.1 16.1
3.7 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 5.4 5.5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Grecia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grecia have the fewest points (1) away in Primera Division
  • Grecia have the most conceded goals (17) away in Primera Division
  • Grecia have the most conceded goals (29) in Primera Division
  • Grecia have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Primera Division
  • Grecia have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Primera Division
  • Grecia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 15 10 3 2 29 13 7 6 1 0 13 3 8 4 2 2 16 10 16 33
2 Alajuelense 15 9 3 3 35 14 8 7 0 1 23 7 7 2 3 2 12 7 21 30
3 Herediano 15 9 1 5 26 20 8 6 0 2 15 9 7 3 1 3 11 11 6 28
4 Sporting San Jose 15 8 3 4 23 19 8 6 2 0 15 7 7 2 1 4 8 12 4 27
5 Cartaginés 14 7 2 5 23 17 6 5 1 0 13 2 8 2 1 5 10 15 6 23
6 Santos de Guapiles 15 5 4 6 16 22 8 3 2 3 8 12 7 2 2 3 8 10 -6 19
7 Guanacasteca 15 4 5 6 18 21 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 1 2 5 5 14 -3 17
8 Perez Zeledon 15 5 2 8 17 24 7 2 1 4 7 13 8 3 1 4 10 11 -7 17
9 San Carlos 14 3 7 4 14 17 6 2 3 1 8 6 8 1 4 3 6 11 -3 16
10 Puntarenas 15 4 3 8 12 20 7 3 1 3 9 8 8 1 2 5 3 12 -8 15
11 Grecia 14 2 4 8 16 29 8 2 3 3 11 12 6 0 1 5 5 17 -13 10
12 Guadalupe 14 2 3 9 14 27 8 1 3 4 9 13 6 1 0 5 5 14 -13 9