Cartaginés have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Alajuelense. Prepare for the match with this Primera Division preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Alajuelense form and stats
Alajuelense could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Primera Division. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto they witnessed 6 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W14 - D8 - L0 from 22 games.
Cartaginés form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cartaginés performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 13/19 goals scored/conceded.
A new game in only three days for Cartaginés, the Primera Division home match versus San Carlos. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Alajuelense, five draws and zero wins for Cartaginés. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hernández Campanioni 2 goals | J. Venegas Ulloa 2 goals | B. Sequeira Sibaja 1 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Alajuelense | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Alajuelense | Last season | Cartaginés | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 44 | 22 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 96 | 42 | Scored | S | 27 | 58 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 31 | 47 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 50% | ||
| 39% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | ||
| 59% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 57% | ||
| 34% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 25% | ||
| 11% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | ||
| 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 50 |
| 2 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | Herediano | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Cartaginés | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Grecia | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 10 | Sporting San Jose | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 23 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Limon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -17 | 21 |