Deportivo Saprissa have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Cartaginés. Prepare for the match with this Primera Division preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cartaginés and Deportivo Saprissa.
16-8-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Deportivo Saprissa when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 30 matches are 56-38 (scored/conceded).
Cartaginés form and stats
Cartaginés, who have the most scored goals (18) in Primera Division, have collected seven points from their first three Primera Division games here at Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza, a promising start.
Happy days for Cartaginés in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at Deportivo Saprissa (placed 2nd) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Prior to that, an away loss at San Carlos.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cartaginés played a great game against Deportivo Saprissa and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
It's goals goals goals for Cartaginés who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games. Cartaginés are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Four points from two away games for Deportivo Saprissa, meaning one draw and one victory in the Primera Division so far.
Deportivo Saprissa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cartaginés proved too strong as Deportivo Saprissa slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sporting San José at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Saprissa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Deportivo Saprissa has another fixture away, a Primera Division game, against ADR Jicaral in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
It's early days yet, but Deportivo Saprissa has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Deportivo Saprissa - Cartaginés 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cartaginés victories, one draw and five Deportivo Saprissa wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Cartaginés missing players
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| Cartaginés | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 | 35 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 21 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 86% | 91% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 67% |
- All of Cartaginés's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Deportivo Saprissa's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cartaginés has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the most points (7) at home in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the most scored goals (10) at home in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the most scored goals (18) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the the best goal difference (+12) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Primera Division
- Cartaginés have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cartaginés have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cartaginés have scored more than double the goals of Deportivo Saprissa.
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cartaginés is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Deportivo Saprissa have not yet lost a game away.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Deportivo Saprissa 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 | Cartaginés | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting San José | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Limón | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |