Primera Division: Deportivo Saprissa receive San Carlos in what could be an engaging football fixture. Here's everything you need to know!
- Deportivo Saprissa have the the best goal difference (+16) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Primera Division games here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá for Deportivo Saprissa. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Saprissa's last game was hosting Sporting San José (placed 6th) and winning 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Deportivo Saprissa played a great game against Sporting San José and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Comunicaciones (1-2).Saprissa are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 10 matches. From these home matches, Saprissa have conceded only 8 goals.
San Carlos form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. Carlos has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primera Division home defeat versus Santos de Guapiles with 2-4 on the scoreboard. A stark raving crazy match with lots of goals last time out for San Carlos, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this game be as much fun?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Guanacasteca at their stadium, the result 1-0.San Carlos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). San Carlos struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have battled previously this season: San Carlos - Saprissa 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Saprissa wins - draws - San Carlos wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Saborío Chacón 8 goals |  J. Aguilar Bustamante 7 goals |  J. Marín 6 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 37 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 28 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 75% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 65% |
| 55% | 70% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 35% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 20% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 7.3 | 6.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13.4 | 16.6 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
| 5.8 | 7.7 | 8.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 32% | 36% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | 34% |
| 9.1 | 9.2 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most scored goals (28) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the the best goal difference (+16) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Santos de Guapiles | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 6 | Sporting San José | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 27 |
| 7 | Grecia | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Guadalupe | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 21 |
| 11 | Guanacasteca | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 12 | ADR Jicaral | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 19 |