Cariari Pococí will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 25 points behind Sporting San José.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Liga de Ascenso match only three days ago.
Cariari Pococí form and stats
The story so far for Cariari Pococí at their home stadium is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.In their previous game, led his Cariari Pococí to a defeat in the Liga de Ascenso match away at Curridabat. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . Preceding that match was the home game against Turrialba that was lost 0-1.
Cariari Pococí have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 13 goals in 8 matches. Cariari Pococí have conceded 13 from these games.
Sporting San José form and stats
Sporting San José have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 20 points collected from 8 games. 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. Sporting San José's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sporting San José collect 20 points from their 8 away matches. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Sporting San José manager, as the last three away games were defeats.Sporting San José won their last game, 3-1 versus Curridabat played at home. A 2-3 defeat away at Turrialba before that.
Sporting San José have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. Sporting San José are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sporting San José - Cariari Pococí 3-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 3 Cariari Pococí victories, 1 draw and 3 Sporting San José wins.Cariari Pococí missing players
Sporting San José missing players
| Cariari Pococí | Sporting San José | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 87% | 83% |
| 86% | 93% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 76% |
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 48% |
| 43% | 43% | Over 3.5 | 53% | 34% |
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 64% | 71% | Both teams to score | 60% | 52% |
| 11% | 7% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 45% |
| 32% | 21% | Failed To Score | 13% | 21% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Sporting San José | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Puma Generaleña | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 3 | Juventud Escazuceña | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Puerto Golfito | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Cariari Pococí | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 6 | Curridabat | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Aserrí | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 17 |
| 8 | Turrialba | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 9 | CS Uruguay de Coronado | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
