Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is on the list when these two mid-table clubs duel. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league status, Sporting San José in 3rd and Cartaginés in 4th place.
- Sporting San José have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés have scored in all their matches so far.
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.
Sporting San José form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sporting San José have to build on here at Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser Lahmann in the Primera Division.
Sporting San José faced defeat in their previous match, away at Grecia (0-2).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Puntarenas.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how José have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 6.
Some goal stats: A review of the 12 latest league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Sporting San José are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser Lahmann in their league games, having scored an impressive 16 goals in 6 matches.
Cartaginés form and stats
There's been little loot from Cartaginés's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Primera Division. Cartaginés only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Impressive finishing from Guevara, Flores and Bonilla secured the home win 3-0 against Guadalupe in their previous game.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Herediano wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Cartaginés in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Cartaginés, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 12 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Cartaginés's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Cartaginés struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (Sporting San José wins - draws - Cartaginés wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Martínez Nava 4 goals | R. Azofeifa Corrales 3 goals | H. Rojas Cabezas 3 goals |
Sporting San José missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Sporting San José | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 83% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10.9 | 10.8 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 77% | 38% |
| 11.3 | 11.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- All of Cartaginés's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sporting San José's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cartaginés have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cartaginés have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting San José have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sporting San José have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting San José have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting San José have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most scored goals (16) at home in Primera Division
- Sporting San José haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Herediano | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Sporting San José | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Santos de Guapiles | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 7 |
