1st spot in the Primera Division table for Deportivo Saprissa so far this season, a tip-top showing. The home team followers hope for more points as 7th-placed San Carlos visit Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as San Carlos have scored away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Deportivo Saprissa have been very solid at home in the Primera Division so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Deportivo Saprissa has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. We remember; it was Alajuelense.
The Deportivo Saprissa goalkeeper Kevin Jose Chamorro Rodriguez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 239 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
Saprissa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Alajuelense's place. The match ended 2-0 with Paradela and Pérez scoring.
Ahead of that match, Deportivo Saprissa won a home game hosting Santos de Guápiles (1-0).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Deportivo Saprissa home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
Saprissa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá with 13 goals in 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Deportivo Saprissa have only let in {3 goals} at home.
San Carlos form and stats
San Carlos have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
San Carlos failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cartaginés (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 2-4. A bizarre match with heaps of goals last time out for San Carlos, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this game be as full of joy?
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Grecia.The attacking power of Carlos when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by San Carlos in these games.
Head 2 Head
San Carlos - Deportivo Saprissa 0-0 was the outcome when these sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season. The ref pulled out his red card when these teams last met, and the culprit was Román (San Carlos). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Saprissa victories, three draws and five San Carlos wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Waston Manley 8 goals |   M. Mena Rojas 8 goals |  D. Guzmán Pérez 7 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 65 | 35 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 38 |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | 44 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 88% |
| 68% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 72% |
| 45% | 44% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 50% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 25% | 25% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 19% | 16% |
| 39% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 50% | 56% |
| 55% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | 34% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 31% | 22% |
| 6.4 | 7.9 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 14.4 | 17.6 | 21.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 28% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 7.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.8 | 9.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Deportivo Saprissa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as San Carlos have scored away.
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (21) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Deportivo Saprissa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Deportivo Saprissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Herediano | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Santos de Guápiles | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Grecia | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
