This is match day, this is Primera Division and this is San Carlos - Sporting San José. Prepare with our comprehensive match guide!
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting San José have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Primera Division
This arena has artifical turf, which is not Sporting San José's familiar surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Sporting San José have performed like this: Played eleven matches taking 1 win, 4 draws and 6 defeats with the goal production 8-22 (scored/conceded).
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.
San Carlos form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what San Carlos have to build on here at Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez in the Primera Division.
No payout for San Carlos in their previous match, an away game at Alajuelense that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Cartaginés.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Carlos handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
San Carlos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Carlos have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Sporting San José form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting San José so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
Sporting San José lost away at Deportivo Saprissa (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Grecia.We have checked recent matches where Sporting San José have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Sporting San José have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The José manager Garita has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled before this season: Sporting San José - San Carlos 4-0. Stats for the last seven meetings between these two sides are: one win for San Carlos, two draws and four wins for Sporting San José. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Saborío Chacón 14 goals |   R. Azofeifa Corrales 11 goals | M. Mena Rojas 9 goals |
San Carlos missing players
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| San Carlos | Sporting San José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 43 | 21 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 21 | 43 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 57 | 32 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 58 |
| 64 | 28 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 40 | 63 |
| 93% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 77% |
| 51% | 52% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 48% | 51% |
| 40% | 43% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 16% | 19% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | 16% |
| 63% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | 53% |
| 19% | 19% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 21% |
| 26% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 9.3 | 8.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | 43% |
| 9.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting San José have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most conceded goals (26) away in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Primera Division
- Sporting San José haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 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 |
