Alajuelense manager Rull looking for three points in Deportivo Saprissa showdown

This pitch has grass, unlike Deportivo Saprissa's home ground. The latest 38 games by the guests on grass have ended with 10 wins, 14 draws and 14 losses.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Alajuelense form and stats

Alajuelense are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Alajuelense has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto. We remember; it was Sporting San Jose.

Alajuelense shared the glory with Deportivo Saprissa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Santos de Guapiles.

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 Alajuelense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Goals decide football matches and Alajuelense are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 11 league matches. Alajuelense have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Deportivo Saprissa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Deportivo Saprissa so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-5 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Deportivo Saprissa are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Saprissa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Alajuelense in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Grecia at their stadium, the result 3-2.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Deportivo Saprissa have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought previously this season: Deportivo Saprissa - Alajuelense 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Alajuelense wins - draws - Deportivo Saprissa wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

J. Venegas Ulloa 16 goals

C. Bolaños Navarro 10 goals

Alajuelense missing players

Deportivo Saprissa missing players