Only a few games have been played in the Primera Division so far, with Cartaginés placed 9th and Deportivo Saprissa sitting in the 1st position.
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.
Deportivo Saprissa play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Deportivo Saprissa when playing on grass are 11 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 39 goals and conceded 30 times in these games.
Cartaginés form and stats
Cartaginés have less points than they have played home games in the Primera Division so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
Cartaginés's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Deportivo Saprissa (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away draw at UCR that finished 0-0.
Cartaginés has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Deportivo Saprissa, who have the most scored goals (6) in Primera Division, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Primera Division. Momentum is building for Deportivo Saprissa in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Deportivo Saprissa, whose manager W. Centeno Corea could celebrate last time after the Primera Division win against Cartaginés. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Guadalupe.
3 goals so far away for Deportivo Saprissa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cartaginés - Deportivo Saprissa 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cartaginés 2 wins, 1 draw and Deportivo Saprissa 7 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hernández Campanioni 11 goals |  M. Ugalde 10 goals |  J. Venegas Ulloa 9 goals |
Cartaginés missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| Cartaginés | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 58 |
| 32 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 33 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 93% | 96% |
| 68% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 85% |
| 52% | 69% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 70% |
| 28% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 44% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 19% |
| 52% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 28% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 33% |
| 28% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 19% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 161 | 97 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 96 | 185 |
| 66 | 44 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 44 | 89 |
| 52% | 48% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | 60% |
- Cartaginés has the most conceded goals (4) at home
- Cartaginés have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportivo Saprissa has the fewest conceded goals (1)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most points (6) away
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most scored goals (6)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most scored goals in the first half (34)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the the best goal difference (+2) away
- Deportivo Saprissa has the the best goal difference (+5)
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Santos de Guapiles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Guadalupe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Perez Zeledon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Cartaginés | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Grecia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | UCR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | Limón | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |