The league table in Primera Division tells a story about these teams so far, with Alajuelense leading Limón by 27 points. Match preview to follow:
Alajuelense form and stats
Alajuelense, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Primera Division, are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. The Alajuelense fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. Alajuelense has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Alajuelense's previous game was a Primera Division match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Herediano. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Herediano.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alajuelense as they are travelling to their away game against Pérez Zeledón in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
The Alajuelense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Alajuelense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Limón form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Limón, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Primera Division, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
Limón failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Cartaginés that ended with defeat 0-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at ADR Jicaral.
After this away game Limón return home for a Primera Division game against San Carlos. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Limón find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Limón's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 29 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Alajuelense - Limón 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 7 - 2 - 1 (Alajuelense wins - draws - Limón wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lassiter 12 goals |  M. Ureña 9 goals |  J. McDonald 8 goals |
Alajuelense missing players
Limón missing players
| Alajuelense | Limón | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 54 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 29 | 40 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 57% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 45% |
| 32% | 29% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 45% | 27% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 27% | 18% |
| 57% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 45% | 45% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 27% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 27% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 235 | 152 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 44 | 152 |
| 105 | 67 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 21 | 52 |
| 51% | 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 52% | 46% |
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Alajuelense has the most clean sheets (10)
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Alajuelense has the the best goal difference (+28)
- Alajuelense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Alajuelense have scored more than double the goals of Limón.
- All of Limón's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Limón has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Limón has the most conceded goals (29) away
- Limón has the most conceded goals (40)
- Limón has the most conceded goals in the second half (26)
- Limón has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Limón has the the worst goal difference (-18) away
- Limón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Limón have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Limón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 28 | 52 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Herediano | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | San Carlos | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Cartaginés | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 28 |
| 7 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | Guadalupe | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 9 | Limón | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -6 | 24 |
| 11 | Grecia | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 21 |
| 12 | UCR | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 18 |