A important fixture in Primera Division as both teams are challenging for the top league positions. With Alajuelense in 2nd place and Deportivo Saprissa located at 1st, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (35) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division
This pitch has grass, unlike Deportivo Saprissa's home stadium. The former 38 games by the visitors on grass have given 14 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses.
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
21 points is a decent return from 9 Primera Division games here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto for Alajuelense. The data says 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Stress levels are on the rise for Alajuelense's attacking players as they have now played 216 minutes without scoring in a league game. Venegas was their last goal scorer.
Alajuelense's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Deportivo Saprissa (placed 1st).
Prior to that, an away loss at Sporting San Jose.This is expected to be a close game, with Alajuelense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Alajuelense as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Alajuelense has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
It should be noted that a peek at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Alajuelense are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in their league games, having scored an impressive 23 goals in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Deportivo Saprissa playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Saprissa goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 239 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Deportivo Saprissa, whose manager Quesada could celebrate last time after the win against Alajuelense.
Before that, Saprissa secured a home win against Santos de Guapiles with the score 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Deportivo Saprissa in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Deportivo Saprissa, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
10 goals have been conceded by Deportivo Saprissa in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Deportivo Saprissa have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when facing Alajuelense.The most recent logged match involving both these teams is the Alajuelense - Deportivo Saprissa 0-2 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Waston Manley 8 goals |  D. Guzmán Pérez 7 goals |  J. East 7 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| Alajuelense | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 18 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 20 | 38 |
| 18 | 13 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 61 | 39 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 30 | 65 |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 25 |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 76% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 68% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 45% |
| 38% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 28% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 35% | 39% |
| 32% | 39% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 13% |
| 5.8 | 7.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 5 | 6.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 13.8 | 17.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 11.6 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 6.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 36% | 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 31% |
| 9.3 | 9.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 9.2 | 7.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Alajuelense have the most points (21) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (23) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (35) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+19) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Deportivo Saprissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (11) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (21) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most points (17) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most scored goals (18) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Deportivo Saprissa | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | Herediano | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Sporting San Jose | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Santos de Guapiles | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | Grecia | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 9 |
