The visiting Deportivo Saprissa side should be favourites in this visit to Pérez Zeledón, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
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!
It should be mentioned that Deportivo Saprissa play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Deportivo Saprissa on grass are 11 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats from 27 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 38-33. You can compare this with overall results below.
Pérez Zeledón form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Pérez Zeledón, who have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Primera Division, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
C. Foster was the last player to score a league goal for Pérez Zeledón and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pérez Zeledón haven't scored in 180 minutes.
The Pérez Zeledón crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to San Carlos here at Polideportivo de Pérez Zeledón in a Primera Division match. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Alajuelense.
Pérez Zeledón were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Pérez Zeledón has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Pérez Zeledón have conceded 14 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (28) in Primera Division, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Primera Division.
Deportivo Saprissa are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Primera Division against Cartagines (placed 7th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Guadalupe wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Deportivo Saprissa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Deportivo Saprissa have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Deportivo Saprissa - Pérez Zeledón 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Pérez Zeledón won zero, Deportivo Saprissa won six and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Bolaños Navarro 17 goals |   K. Soto Vega 11 goals | M. Ugalde 11 goals |
Pérez Zeledón missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| Pérez Zeledón | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 42 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 28 | 77 |
| 57 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 45 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 94% | 95% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | 81% |
| 47% | 39% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 61% | 68% |
| 31% | 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | 43% |
| 19% | 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 54% |
| 25% | 33% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 28% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 16% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 197 | 110 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 122 | 276 |
| 71 | 40 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 51 | 127 |
| 59% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 45% | 57% |
- Deportivo Saprissa has the fewest conceded goals (13)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most points (15) away
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most scored goals (28)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the most scored goals in the first half (45)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the the best goal difference (+15)
- Deportivo Saprissa has the the best goal difference (+5) away
- Pérez Zeledón has the most conceded goals (14) at home
- Pérez Zeledón 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Herediano | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Guadalupe | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Cartagines | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Grecia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Santos de Guapiles | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | UCR | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Limon | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 11 |