Deportivo Saprissa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Alajuelense.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Primera Division.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Alajuelense have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-5-3 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Deportivo Saprissa have to build on here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in the Primera Division.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 198 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Marin was the last player to find the net.
Deportivo Saprissa drew their last game, also a home match. San Carlos (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Limón.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Saprissa, as the Concacaf League home game vs Municipal is only four days away.
Deportivo Saprissa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded.
Alajuelense form and stats
Playing away, Alajuelense, who have the most scored goals (22) in Primera Division, have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
Alajuelense's last game was the home draw against ADR Jicaral (2-2). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Pérez Zeledón.
After this away game Alajuelense return home for a Concacaf League game against Cibao. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 13 goals in 5 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Saprissa won four, Alajuelense won two and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Deportivo Saprissa missing players
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| Deportivo Saprissa | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 91% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 92 | 43 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 49 | 118 |
| 28 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 34 |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 85% | 59% |
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals (22) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Alajuelense have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Alajuelense have won all their away games so far.
- Alajuelense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Alajuelense's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Deportivo Saprissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Cartaginés | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Limón | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | San Carlos | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Sporting San Jose | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 9 |