It's game two of the Primera Division season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Limón-San Carlos!
It's no vacation for neither Limón nor San Carlos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting San Carlos have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-5-10 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
Limón form and stats
The fans are hoping that Limón will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Primera Division game against Alajuelense (placed 2nd). Before that game, the home loss against Cartaginés with the scoreline 0-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Limón as they are travelling to their away game against ADR Jicaral in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, Limón's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Limón managed 7-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 9 conceded.
San Carlos form and stats
San Carlos aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. J. Solis was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primera Division home defeat versus Deportivo Saprissa with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alajuelense wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
A new game in only four days for San Carlos, the Primera Division home match versus Perez Zeledon. Busy days.
Let's have a look at how San Carlos performed last season in the Liga de Ascenso: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 14/10 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: San Carlos - Limón 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Limón victories, 2 draws and 5 San Carlos wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Á. Saborío
10 goals
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J. Arrieta
6 goals
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J. Hernández
4 goals
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Limón missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Limón | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 40 |
| 44 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 78% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 76% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 64% |
| 30% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 48% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 26% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 26% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 24% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 156 | 108 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 76 | 138 |
| 55 | 31 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 36 | 75 |
| 45% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 39% | 52% |
- Limón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- San Carlos have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- San Carlos haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalupe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | ADR Jicaral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Grecia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Herediano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cartaginés | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Santos de Guapiles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | San Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Limón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | UCR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |