This promises to be another interesting encounter at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in the Primera Division. Deportivo Saprissa is in 2nd position and welcome Cartaginés in 1st place. Read all about the match here!
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 Saprissa and Cartaginés.
Saprissa's stadium, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, has a artifical turf surface. Cartaginés have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cartaginés when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from twelve matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 18.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
As mentioned below, Deportivo Saprissa are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera Division games.
The Saprissa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Cartaginés here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in a Primera Division match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sporting San Jose and winning 2-1.
As you see from the result above, Deportivo Saprissa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
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 Saprissa's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn one and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Deportivo Saprissa's 2 home games: 5 goals, 0 conceded.
Cartaginés form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cartaginés in their Primera Division away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
It's the second away game in a row for Cartaginés, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Deportivo Saprissa (placed 2nd) in the Primera Division last time out. A 0-1 defeat away at San Carlos before that.
As mentioned above, Cartaginés was the only team on the pitch versus Deportivo Saprissa in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cartaginés when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.
Cartaginés find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Cartaginés in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Saprissa won six games, one match ended with a draw and Cartaginés has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoDeportivo Saprissa missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 86% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 31 | 66 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 86% |
- Cartaginés has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the most scored goals (14) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Primera Division
- Cartaginés has the the best goal difference (+8) in Primera Division
- 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 has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Primera Division
- 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 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Limon | 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 |