Alajuelense are listed as expected winners of this home match vs San Carlos, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (23) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Primera Division
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alajuelense and San Carlos.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting San Carlos have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-11-20 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.
Alajuelense form and stats
All-inclusive Primera Division statistics at home this season for Alajuelense are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Alajuelense are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Alajuelense lost their last game at Perez Zeledon (placed 12th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Heartbreak for Alajuelense in their last match as Perez Zeledon's L. Perez scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Guadalupe.The manager L. Marín Murillo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Guastatoya in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Alajuelense are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Alajuelense have conceded 7 goals.
San Carlos form and stats
San Carlos have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 0-3-3 (6 played).
Two away games in a row for Carlos, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Grecia in the Primera Division. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Carlos in their fight with Grecia last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Deportivo Saprissa.San Carlos find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. San Carlos have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: San Carlos - Alajuelense 2-2. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Alajuelense, four draws and two wins for San Carlos. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hernández Campanioni 6 goals | J. Venegas Ulloa 5 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 5 goals |
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| Alajuelense | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 82% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 64% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 36% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 36% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 18% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 55% |
| 18% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 13.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9 | 9.7 |
| 5.4 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 25% |
- Alajuelense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Alajuelense have scored more than double the goals of San Carlos.
- Alajuelense have the most conceded goals (19) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (23) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- San Carlos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Carlos have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Primera Division
- San Carlos have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting San Jose | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Santos de Guapiles | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Grecia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Alajuelense | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Deportivo Saprissa | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Cartagines | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Herediano | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Guadalupe | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Guanacasteca | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | San Carlos | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | ADR Jicaral | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 9 |
| 12 | Perez Zeledon | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |