Cartaginés and San Carlos have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golf term. Both teams have mid-table positions in the Primera Division.
- Cartaginés is in the best form (4-0-2) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
San Carlos play their home matches on artifical turf, while this fixture will take part on grass. Recent data for San Carlos when featuring on grass are 12 wins, 10 draws and 17 defeats from 39 matches. They have scored 54 goals and conceded 65 times on these occasions.
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.
Cartaginés form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Cartaginés at their home stadium (Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Cartaginés 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 José Rafael Fello Meza. We remember; it was Herediano.
It's back home for Cartaginés, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Santos de Guápiles away with the result 3-1. Araya and Venegas (2) found the net in that victory.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Herediano.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cartaginés's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won three matches, drawn three and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Cartaginés in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Cartaginés have conceded only 8 goals.
San Carlos form and stats
San Carlos have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
Carlos's last game was the home draw against ADR Jicaral (1-1).
Prior to that result San Carlos won their away game at Grecia. The scoreline was 1-0.San Carlos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as San Carlos have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; San Carlos - Cartaginés 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Cartaginés wins - draws - San Carlos wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Guevara Zúñiga 10 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 10 goals |  R. Araya 7 goals |
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| Cartaginés | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 46 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 41 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 93% | 90% |
| 77% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 79% | 72% |
| 57% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 48% |
| 30% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 41% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 62% |
| 23% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 24% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 21% | 24% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| 4 | 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 39% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 34% |
| 9.2 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 10.7 | 9.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- Cartaginés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cartaginés is in the best form (4-0-2) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 34 |
| 5 | Cartaginés | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Sporting San José | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
