Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between San Carlos (3rd, 39 pts) and Santos de Guápiles (8th, 24 pts). San Carlos had been under-performing their position — 10th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.18/1.5 for Santos de Guápiles and 1.86/1.18 for San Carlos (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.24.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 1 Santos de Guápiles win, 6 for San Carlos, 2 draws, at 3.56 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 22% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar in Guapiles, capacity 4,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Santos de Guápiles led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.