The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cartaginés are in the 7th position while the guests worry at 12th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cartaginés form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Cartaginés have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Happy days for Cartaginés in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at San Carlos (placed 5th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Before that game, the home loss against ADR Jicaral with the scoreline 0-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cartaginés's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The Cartaginés fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
UCR form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for UCR so far with only 5 Primera Division points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
UCR failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs ADR Jicaral (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting San Carlos.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and UCR playing away, we found four games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The UCR manager M. Díaz has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: UCR - Cartaginés 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cartaginés 2 wins, 8 draws and UCR 0 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Cruz 4 goals |   A. Contreras 4 goals |  J. Scott 3 goals |
Cartaginés missing players
UCR missing players
| Cartaginés | UCR | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 24 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 43% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- UCR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UCR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 06-09-19 | | Guadalupe | 1 - 0 | Cartaginés |
| 08-09-19 | | Cartaginés | 3 - 0 | Limon |
| 13-09-19 | | Santos de Guapiles | 2 - 1 | Cartaginés |
| 19-09-19 | | Cartaginés | 0 - 1 | ADR Jicaral |
| 23-09-19 | | San Carlos | 2 - 4 | Cartaginés |
| 29-09-19 | | Cartaginés | 17:00 | UCR |
| 06-10-19 | | Herediano | 23:00 | Cartaginés |
| 10-10-19 | | Cartaginés | 02:00 | Pérez Zeledón |
| 17-10-19 | | Cartaginés | 02:00 | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 20-10-19 | | Grecia | 17:05 | Cartaginés |
| 08-09-19 | | UCR | 1 - 2 | Santos de Guapiles |
| 11-09-19 | | Herediano | 0 - 0 | UCR |
| 15-09-19 | | Deportivo Saprissa | 4 - 0 | UCR |
| 18-09-19 | | UCR | 1 - 1 | San Carlos |
| 22-09-19 | | UCR | 1 - 2 | ADR Jicaral |
| 29-09-19 | | Cartaginés | 17:00 | UCR |
| 06-10-19 | | UCR | 17:00 | Grecia |
| 10-10-19 | | Guadalupe | 02:00 | UCR |
| 17-10-19 | | UCR | 19:53 | Alajuelense |
| 20-10-19 | | UCR | 19:56 | Pérez Zeledón |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Santos de Guápiles | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | ADR Jicaral | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Herediano | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Cartaginés | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Guadalupe | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 10 | Grecia | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 11 | Limón | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 11 |
| 12 | UCR | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
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