2nd position in the Primera Division table for Santos de Guápiles so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed ADR Jicaral visits Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar.
- Santos de Guápiles is in the best form (4-2-0)
- ADR Jicaral have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Santos de Guápiles and ADR Jicaral should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar as Santos de Guápiles have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Guápiles after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A strong away win for Guápiles against Guadalupe the last match, as B. López, L. Paradela, J. East and D. Mason were on target. Ahead of that match, Guápiles won a home game hosting Sporting San Jose (3-1).
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
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 Santos de Guápiles have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost three.
Guápiles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar with 12 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Guápiles have conceded 8 goals.
ADR Jicaral form and stats
There's been little loot from ADR Jicaral's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Primera Division. ADR Jicaral only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws.
There were no winners in ADR Jicaral's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Pérez Zeledón (placed 12th). Before that, Jicaral travelled to Herediano and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
As mentioned above, ADR Jicaral drew the match against Pérez Zeledón. Manager M. Arriola Sobrino brought on J. Vergés to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Jicaral in our archives, and the results are: three wins for ADR Jicaral, six draws and two defeats.
Jicaral are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Jicaral have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was ADR Jicaral - Guápiles 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: one win for Guápiles, four draws and one win for ADR Jicaral. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. East 10 goals |  K. Rocha Pereira 9 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
ADR Jicaral missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | ADR Jicaral | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 37 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| 43 | 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 91% | 87% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 81% | 84% |
| 75% | 80% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 59% |
| 44% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 38% | 28% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 25% | 22% |
| 9% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 56% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | 47% |
| 28% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 28% |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 44% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10.3 | 10.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| 3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 37% | 38% |
- ADR Jicaral have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santos de Guápiles is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 25 | 37 |
| 2 | Santos de Guápiles | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Herediano | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | ADR Jicaral | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Cartagines | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Limon | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 9 | Grecia | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Sporting San Jose | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Pérez Zeledón | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 14 |