Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Alajuelense 2nd with 46 points, Grecia 11th with 15, 31 apart. Grecia ranked just 21st in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Alajuelense ran at 1.91 scored and 1.05 conceded, Grecia at 0.82 and 1.41.
Alajuelense carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 5 for Alajuelense, 0 for Grecia and 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 67% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela (capacity 17,895). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.