It's a new born Primera Division campaign and Santos de Guápiles are keen to get competitive here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar. Alajuelense are guesting and this looks to be a captivating season premiere.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Last season, Santos de Guápiles's league results were 7 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, providing 8th place in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored {25 goals} and let in 32. Playing as the host team in the last season Santos de Guápiles produced 5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 16 conceded.
Alajuelense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Alajuelense performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {21 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 22/11 goals scored/conceded.
A new game in only four days for Alajuelense, the Primera Division home match versus Municipal Liberia. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guápiles six wins, zero draws and Alajuelense four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Rodriguez 3 goals |  A. Suarez Zuñiga 3 goals |  J. Venegas Ulloa 3 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
Alajuelense missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santos de Guápiles | Last season | Alajuelense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 35 | 86 | ||
| 61 | 31 | Conceded | C | 29 | 47 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | ||
| 79% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 76% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 41% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 17% | ||
| 61% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 52% | 46% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 37% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 28% | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | ||
| 13.8 | 13.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 |
