It's the premier game of the new season for Pérez Zeledón and Sporting San José. The leaf is blank, the potential unlimited.
- Pérez Zeledón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting San José have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Pérez Zeledón form and stats
The previous season, Pérez Zeledón's league statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses, ending with 9th position in the Primera Division. From these 22 matches they scored {26 goals} and gave away 41. Appearing at home in the previous season Pérez Zeledón managed 4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 18 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Pérez Zeledón perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pérez Zeledón as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Zeledón has won 9 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Sporting San José form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sporting San José performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 12/19 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Sporting San José in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Sporting San José, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the result Pérez Zeledón - Sporting San José 1-2 registered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Zeledón victories, one draw and six Sporting San José wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 10 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Cárdenas 3 goals |  M. Ovejero 2 goals | C. Zúñiga Pino 1 goals |
Pérez Zeledón missing players
Sporting San José missing players
| Pérez Zeledón | Sporting San José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 57% |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 57% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.7 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.2 | 7.3 |
| 3.6 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 24% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 11.9 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 10.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.6 |
- Pérez Zeledón have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Pérez Zeledón have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Pérez Zeledón have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Pérez Zeledón haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting San José have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting San José have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sporting San José haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Last season | 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 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 41 |
| 3 | Cartaginés | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Herediano | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Sporting San José | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | San Carlos | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Santos de Guapiles | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 12 | Grecia | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -24 | 16 |
