This is the real thing, this is Primera Division and this is Santos de Guápiles - Cartaginés. Prepare with our comprehensive match guide!
- Santos de Guápiles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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 Santos de Guápiles and Cartaginés.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
The complete Primera Division statistics playing at home this season for Santos de Guápiles are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Santos de Guápiles club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar: A 0-2 defeat against Cartaginés (placed 5th). Until that defeat this team had gone six consecutive league rounds without a loss.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Puntarenas in a game that was won 1-0.Guápiles have conceded 12 from these games.
Cartaginés form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cartaginés so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cartaginés, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Cartaginés, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Santos de Guápiles (placed 6th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Guanacasteca.Cartaginés have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Cartaginés rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cartaginés have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (5-1-0) versus Guápiles.This was the scoreline when the sides played each other previously this season; Santos de Guápiles - Cartaginés 0-2. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Matarrita González 11 goals | C. Rivera 3 goals | E. Solorzano Leal 2 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 30 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 35 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 22 | 48 |
| 50 | 27 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 29 | 44 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 80% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | 90% |
| 47% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 17% |
| 60% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 70% |
| 13% | 19% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 23% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 10% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 8.1 | 9.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 11.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4 |
| 40% | 38% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 54% | 40% |
| 13.7 | 13.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.6 | 10.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Santos de Guápiles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Alajuelense | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Herediano | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting San Jose | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 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 Guápiles | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Puntarenas | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Guanacasteca | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 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 |
