San Carlos will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Guadalupe.
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!
San Carlos form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for San Carlos at their home stadium (Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Happy days for San Carlos in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at Perez Zeledon (placed 9th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Limon that ended 1-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, San Carlos played a great game against Perez Zeledon and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
San Carlos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. San Carlos have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Guadalupe form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Guadalupe so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Guadalupe, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Santos de Guapiles (placed 10th) in the Primera Division last time out. Before that, Guadalupe secured a home win against Deportivo Saprissa with the score 2-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Guadalupe, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Guadalupe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Guadalupe have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
San Carlos and Guadalupe have met before this season: Guadalupe - San Carlos 0-2. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - two - zero (San Carlos wins - draws - Guadalupe wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| F. Zamora García 13 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 10 goals | J. Aguilar Bustamante 8 goals |
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| San Carlos | Guadalupe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 35 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 67 | 34 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 44 |
| 66 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 34 | 53 |
| 97% | 94% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 82% | 72% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 77% |
| 66% | 61% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 61% | 54% |
| 50% | 50% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 28% | 26% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 71% | 72% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 57% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 29% |
| 16% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 276 | 127 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 127 | 214 |
| 135 | 65 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 45 | 83 |
| 49% | 51% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 40% | 53% |
- Guadalupe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Guadalupe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- San Carlos has the most conceded goals in the first half (34)
- San Carlos has the most matches over the total-line (24)
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Herediano | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Guadalupe | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Cartagines | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Grecia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Santos de Guapiles | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | UCR | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Limon | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 11 |