It's a fresh beginning in Primera Division - the first game of the season. Read this full guide and see how San Carlos and Cartaginés did in their pre-season friendly games!
This field has artifical turf, which is not Cartaginés's normal surface at their own field. When playing on artifical turf Cartaginés have performed like this: Played 15 matches taking 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats with the goal numbers 22-21 (scored/conceded).
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
San Carlos form and stats
The season before, San Carlos's league stats were 7 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 6th position in the Primera Division. From these 22 matches they scored {29 goals} and let in 30. Playing at their own stadium in the former season San Carlos generated 5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 13 conceded.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how San Carlos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for San Carlos, as the Copa Costa Rica home game vs Escorpiones Belen is only four days away.
Cartaginés form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cartaginés performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 18/19 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Cartaginés in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cartaginés, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Cartaginés now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Concacaf Central American Cup game at Coban Imperial is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Cartaginés have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing San Carlos.The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Azofeifa 1 goals |  E. Anderson Gomez 1 goals |  J. McDonald Porras 1 goals |
San Carlos missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| San Carlos | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.7 | 11 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 6.3 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 5.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9.3 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| San Carlos | Last season | Cartaginés | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 30 | 67 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Conceded | C | 36 | 64 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 65% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 22% | ||
| 58% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 18% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8.9 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 41% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | Perez Zeledon | 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 |
