The Alajuelense & ADR Jicaral managers A. Carevic Ghelfi and M. Arriola Sobrino are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Primera Division league table.
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (40) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have scored more than double the goals of ADR Jicaral.
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.
Alajuelense form and stats
Alajuelense, who have the most scored goals (40) in Primera Division, have performed here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto this season with 4 wins from 8 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Alajuelense tasted defeat here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league. Alajuelense has a nice streak going on as they have played 23 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the San Carlos defeat 155 days ago.
As mentioned above, Alajuelense "killed" Deportivo Saprissa in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus Cartaginés in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto.
Alajuelense have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Alajuelense have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
ADR Jicaral form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for ADR Jicaral so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Santos de Guápiles wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
Late drama in the previous game, when K. Fajardo scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Grecia.
After this away game ADR Jicaral return home for a Primera Division game against Sporting San José. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of ADR Jicaral when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Jicaral have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: ADR Jicaral - Alajuelense 1-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Alajuelense victories, three draws and zero ADR Jicaral wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hernández Campanioni 11 goals | J. Montenegro Vallejo 9 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
ADR Jicaral missing players
| Alajuelense | ADR Jicaral | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 26 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 82 | 33 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 33 |
| 31 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 85% |
| 84% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 65% | 59% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 41% | 29% |
| 37% | 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | 21% |
| 24% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | 44% |
| 34% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 11% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 47% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 12.4 | 12.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 49% | 45% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | 34% |
- ADR Jicaral have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Alajuelense have scored more than double the goals of ADR Jicaral.
- Alajuelense have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (19) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most points from losing position (32) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (40) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+30) 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 | Alajuelense | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Santos de Guápiles | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | ADR Jicaral | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 5 | Herediano | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Deportivo Saprissa | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Limón | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 21 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Pérez Zeledón | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 19 |
| 11 | Grecia | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Sporting San José | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 17 |