The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. San Carlos are in the 7th position while the guesting Santos de Guápiles worry at 9th.
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 Carlos and Santos de Guápiles.
Santos de Guápiles play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Santos de Guápiles when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from nine matches. They have scored 10 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.
San Carlos form and stats
San Carlos have played 8 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Stress levels are on the rise for Carlos's attacking players as they have now played 242 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Dawson was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Carlos in their previous match, an away game at Alajuelense that ended in defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match, San Carlos lost 0-1 at home to ADR Jicaral.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for San Carlos, as the Primera Division home game vs Cartagines is only four days away.
The San Carlos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Carlos's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
There's been little loot from Santos de Guápiles's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Primera Division. Santos de Guápiles only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
The manager L. Marín Murillo was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar. Guápiles suffered a 2-4 loss to Deportivo Saprissa (placed 1st). Ahead of that match was the victory versus UCR at their stadium, the result 3-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Guápiles, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Herediano.
Guápiles have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. For Guápiles, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Santos de Guápiles - Carlos 5-2. Carlos-Santos de Guápiles H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: San Carlos five wins, Santos de Guápiles two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. East 21 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 10 goals | J. Aguilar Bustamante 8 goals |
San Carlos missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| San Carlos | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 39 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 69 | 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | 60 |
| 72 | 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 40 | 72 |
| 98% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 95% | 95% |
| 80% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 79% | 82% |
| 66% | 60% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | 59% |
| 49% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 53% | 46% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 68% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 74% | 69% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 5% | 13% |
| 20% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 26% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 306 | 147 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 123 | 247 |
| 141 | 70 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 48 | 96 |
| 48% | 50% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 58% | 62% |
- San Carlos has the fewest matches under the total-line (13)
- San Carlos has the most conceded goals in the first half (37)
- San Carlos has the most matches over the total-line (25)
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest clean sheets (5)
- Santos de Guápiles has the most conceded goals in the second half (44)
- Santos de Guápiles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Herediano | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | ADR Jicaral | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Cartagines | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Grecia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Santos de Guápiles | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Limon | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | UCR | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | -21 | 13 |