Sporting San José will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Alajuelense.
- Sporting San José have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (47) in Primera Division
Sporting San José and Alajuelense should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sporting San José form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Sporting San José have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.
Sporting San José enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at ADR Jicaral's place. The match ended 2-1 with C. Lagos and J. Daly scoring. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Cartaginés.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for José here at Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser Lahmann in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). José have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alajuelense form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (47) in Primera Division, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Primera Division. In general it has been a productive period now for Alajuelense as they haven't lost any of their last 25 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the San Carlos game have they lost an away game, meaning Alajuelense has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.
J. Venegas (2) and B. Aguilera scored in Alajuelense's previous match, the home game against Cartaginés that ended 4-1. Before that, Alajuelense secured a home win against ADR Jicaral with the score 3-0.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 26 goals in 10 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Alajuelense as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Alajuelense - Sporting San José 3-0 earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Sporting San José victories, zero draws and two Alajuelense wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Montenegro Vallejo 11 goals | J. Venegas Ulloa 11 goals |
Sporting San José missing players
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| Sporting San José | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 16 | 28 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 49 | 89 |
| 52 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 32 |
| 87% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| 61% | 47% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 85% | 85% |
| 45% | 37% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 60% | 55% |
| 29% | 26% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 45% | 38% |
| 11% | 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 35% | 25% |
| 45% | 32% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 57% |
| 32% | 37% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 35% | 35% |
| 37% | 42% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 5% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7.9 | 9.1 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 39% | 43% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 51% | 47% |
- Alajuelense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Alajuelense have scored more than double the goals of Sporting San José.
- Alajuelense have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (20) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most clean sheets (14) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most clean sheets (7) away in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most points (24) away in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most points from losing position (32) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (26) away in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals (47) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the first half (36) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the most scored goals in the second half (53) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have the the best goal difference (+36) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Alajuelense is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Sporting San José have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in Primera Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 36 | 46 |
| 2 | Santos de Guápiles | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Herediano | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | ADR Jicaral | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 6 | Cartaginés | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Sporting San José | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 9 | Grecia | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Limon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -12 | 21 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 20 |