Santos de Guápiles and New York City will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
New York City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 6400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The hosts Guápiles saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Primera Division. Thankfully the previous game, versus Perez Zeledon, was also a home game here at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica. The away team is better rested.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
All-inclusive Primera Division results at home this season for Santos de Guápiles are 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Santos de Guápiles's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Perez Zeledon.
In the game before, an away victory in the Primera Division match versus Deportivo Saprissa with a 2-1 scoreline.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 Guápiles have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost one.
The manager Santamaría will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Guadalupe in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Santos de Guápiles's 2 home games: 0 goals, 1 conceded.
New York City form and stats
They also participated in CONCACAF Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.New York City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Portland Timbers (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties). Midfield player Moralez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Moralez hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 84 successful passes (of 103 total).
A 1-1 draw at Portland Timbers (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties)'s stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 20 relevant matches. Results were six New York City wins, six draws and eight defeats.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Paradela 7 goals | D. López Araya 5 goals | E. Méndez James 5 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
New York City missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| 11 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Perez Zeledon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Grecia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Sporting San Jose | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | ADR Jicaral | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Herediano | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos de Guápiles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Deportivo Saprissa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Guanacasteca | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
