San Carlos will pray that their home comfort is enough to get all three points from this back-breaking dispute, vs vibrant Deportivo Saprissa.
- San Carlos have yet to win a game.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they had a Primera Division fixture only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Santos de Guápiles.
San Carlos form and stats
0-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for San Carlos so far this season.
Carlos shared the glory with Santos de Guápiles in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
Before that game, the home loss against Guanacasteca with the scoreline 0-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for San Carlos as they are travelling to their away game against Grecia in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
Carlos have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. San Carlos have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. Saprissa has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Deportivo Saprissa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Sporting San Jose (placed 1st). Saprissa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Before that, Deportivo Saprissa secured a home win against Alajuelense with the score 4-2.After this away game Saprissa return home for a Primera Division game against Guanacasteca. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Saprissa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Saprissa have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Carlos wins - draws - Deportivo Saprissa wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Saborío Chacón 4 goals |   J. Marín 4 goals |  M. Barrantes Rojas 2 goals |
San Carlos missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| San Carlos | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 12.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 33% | 42% |
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored more than double the goals of San Carlos.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- San Carlos have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting San Jose | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Santos de Guápiles | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Grecia | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Alajuelense | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Guadalupe | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Cartaginés | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Herediano | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Guanacasteca | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | ADR Jicaral | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | San Carlos | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 12 | Perez Zeledon | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 4 |