Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Deportivo Saprissa - Alajuelense!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Alajuelense's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on artifical turf have ended in 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Deportivo Saprissa are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
A strong away win for Saprissa against Alajuelense the last match, as A. Rodríguez and E. Rodriguez were on target. Ahead of that match, Saprissa lost 2-3 at home to Cartagines.
Goals decide football matches and Saprissa are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Saprissa have conceded only 10 goals.
Alajuelense form and stats
Playing away, Alajuelense, who have the most scored goals (42) in Primera Division, have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Primera Division this season. Alajuelense has drawn their two previous away games.
Alajuelense aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 191 league minutes without a goal. A. Lassiter was the last player to find the net.
The manager A. Carevic Ghelfi was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto. Alajuelense suffered a 0-2 loss to Deportivo Saprissa. A 0-0 draw at Herediano's stadium before that.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Alajuelense have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. As for defending, Alajuelense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Alajuelense - Saprissa 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Deportivo Saprissa three wins, five draws and Alajuelense two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Bolaños Navarro 24 goals |   A. Lassiter 21 goals | J. Moya Aguilar 15 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
Alajuelense missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 48 | 24 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 26 | 53 |
| 26 | 14 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 98 | 57 | 11 | Scored | S | 10 | 42 | 98 |
| 59 | 28 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 30 | 53 |
| 96% | 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | 92% |
| 81% | 83% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 77% | 77% |
| 65% | 71% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 50% | 53% |
| 46% | 58% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 35% | 34% |
| 19% | 21% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | 17% |
| 54% | 58% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 50% | 55% |
| 35% | 38% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 35% | 36% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 23% | 17% |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 391 | 202 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 214 | 556 |
| 157 | 86 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 79 | 214 |
| 59% | 66% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 53% | 45% |
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (23)
- Alajuelense has the most clean sheets (19)
- Alajuelense has the most clean sheets (9) away
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals (42)
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals in the second half (59)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most scored goals in the first half (54)
- Deportivo Saprissa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos de Guapiles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Limon | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | UCR | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 38 | -27 | 16 |