Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's starring roles are Deportivo Saprissa and Alajuelense, 3 points is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the duration.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Primera Division
Alajuelense play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take place on artifical turf. Relevant statistics for Alajuelense when featuring on artifical turf are 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 23 times in these fixtures.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Deportivo Saprissa are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Ever since the Herediano game Deportivo Saprissa has been unbeatable here at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica producing four straight wins.
Saprissa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Grecia's place. The match ended 3-2 with Sinclair and Bolaños (2) scoring. A very satisfying win for Deportivo Saprissa against Grecia last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Sinclair's goal in the 85th minute.
Before that, Saprissa had a home game versus Sporting San Jose which ended with a victory 1-0.There will be little rest for Deportivo Saprissa after this match as they are travelling to Alajuelense for a Primera Division game in only three days.
Deportivo Saprissa are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in their league games, having scored an impressive 31 goals in 11 matches. Saprissa have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alajuelense form and stats
5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alajuelense in their Primera Division matches away.
Alajuelense are travelling again after losing away to Santos de Guapiles in their previous match (0-2).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus San Carlos.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Alajuelense in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Alajuelense, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A new game in only three days for Alajuelense, the Primera Division home match versus Deportivo Saprissa. Busy days.
Alajuelense has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Alajuelense have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result Saprissa - Alajuelense 2-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Deportivo Saprissa five wins, three draws and Alajuelense two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. Venegas Ulloa 15 goals |   C. Bolaños Navarro 10 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
Alajuelense missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 50 | 25 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 24 | 48 |
| 21 | 15 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 77 | 52 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 39 | 82 |
| 58 | 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 30 | 48 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 96% | 94% |
| 70% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | 73% |
| 56% | 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 67% | 56% |
| 28% | 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | 25% |
| 16% | 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 17% |
| 52% | 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 54% | 46% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 42% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 21% | 19% |
| 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 12.1 | 14.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 9.8 | 12.5 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 45% | 36% |
| 9.9 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- Alajuelense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most scored goals (31) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most scored goals in the second half (51) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa is in the best form (6-0-0) in Primera Division
| 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 Guapiles | 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 Jose | 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 | Perez Zeledon | 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 |
