A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Alajuelense and Guastatoya know what's at stake in this second leg of the Concacaf League 8th Finals clash.
Not much time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Primera Division fixture only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sporting San Jose.
Guastatoya have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Alajuelense form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Alajuelense at their home stadium (Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Alajuelense, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sporting San Jose away with the result 3-0. M. Hernández, G. Torres and C. Mora found the net in that victory.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Guastatoya that finished 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alajuelense as they are travelling to their away game against Cartagines in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Alajuelense are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. Alajuelense have conceded 9 from these games.
Guastatoya form and stats
They also participated in Concacaf League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Comunicaciones drew the shortest straw.There's been little loot from Guastatoya's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 6 away games in the Liga Nacional. Guastatoya only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. The manager D. Guzmán Castañeda is not happy with the away performances in the Liga Nacional so far, as all 6 matches have been lost. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Guastatoya's last game was the home draw against Alajuelense (1-1).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Malacateco's place.Guastatoya are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. Guastatoya have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived meeting between these contenders is the Guastatoya - Alajuelense 1-1 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hernández Campanioni 7 goals | J. Venegas Ulloa 5 goals |  J. Vargas García 3 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
Guastatoya missing players
| Alajuelense | Guastatoya | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 24 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 40% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 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 | Herediano | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Grecia | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Santos de Guápiles | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Sporting San Jose | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Cartagines | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | San Carlos | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | ADR Jicaral | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Perez Zeledon | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cotzumalguapa | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Antigua GFC | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Comunicaciones | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Xelaju | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Municipal | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Solola | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Iztapa | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Malacateco | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Nueva Concepcion | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Coban Imperial | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Achuapa | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Guastatoya | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 5 |