It's time to decide the outcome of the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 meeting between New York City and Santos de Guápiles. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
These teams have little in common geographically as Santos de Guápiles have to travel 6400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
New York City and Santos de Guápiles 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.
New York City form and stats
York was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CONCACAF Champions League. 1-1 away at Portland Timbers (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how New York City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for York as they are travelling to their away game against LA Galaxy in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Santos de Guápiles are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Two away games in a row for Santos de Guápiles, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Guadalupe.
We have checked recent matches where Santos de Guápiles have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, two draws and ten defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Guápiles are hosting Cartagines in the Primera Division only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Santos de Guápiles has scored 3 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Santos de Guápiles - New York City 0-2. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Castellanos with 2 goals scored against Santos de Guápiles in these 1 matches.Top Goalscorers
  L. Paradela 7 goals | E. Méndez James 6 goals | D. López Araya 5 goals |
New York City missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| New York City | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 45 | ||
| 27 | 7 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 47% | ||
| 11.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalupe | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Cartagines | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | San Carlos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Sporting San Jose | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Perez Zeledon | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Grecia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Guanacasteca | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | ADR Jicaral | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Herediano | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Deportivo Saprissa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Santos de Guápiles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
