Cartaginés will challenge San Carlos in this Primera Division game. All you must know about the match can be found right here!
- Cartaginés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- San Carlos have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Primera Division
This field has grass, unlike San Carlos's home arena. The previous 33 games by the visitors on grass have generated 8 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cartaginés form and stats
As mentioned below, Cartaginés are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera Division games.
In their previous game, the manager Watson led his Cartaginés to a defeat away at Guadalupe. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through four league games. As you see from the result above, Cartaginés suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, Cartaginés had a home game versus Santos de Guapiles which ended with a victory 4-0.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 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Betting people might want to know that 18 of the latest 20 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
There will be little rest for Cartaginés after this match as they are travelling to Puntarenas for a Primera Division game in only three days.
Cartaginés has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
San Carlos form and stats
The Primera Division season is young and San Carlos have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
San Carlos are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Grecia (placed 10th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Herediano.Looking at the earlier recent performances of San Carlos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 12 league games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Deportivo Saprissa in just four days.
{1 goals} so far away for San Carlos, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away. Carlos has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Cartaginés - San Carlos 3-2 was the story when these participants last did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Cartaginés wins - draws - San Carlos wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mena Rojas 7 goals | W. Azofeifa 3 goals | R. Córdoba Durán 2 goals |
Cartaginés missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Cartaginés | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 75% | 90% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 15% |
| 90% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 65% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10.4 | 13.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.4 | 9.7 |
| 4 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 42% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 33% |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 13.2 | 10.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- All of Cartaginés's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cartaginés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cartaginés have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Carlos have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Alajuelense | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Herediano | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 7 | Santos de Guapiles | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 8 | Perez Zeledon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Grecia | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | San Carlos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 12 | Puntarenas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
