Sporting San José battle against Cartaginés for glory and sporting success.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sporting San José form and stats
As mentioned below, Sporting San José are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera Division games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for José, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Sporting San José goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
A nice win for Sporting San José last time playing, versus San Carlos. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Jean Scott scoring for the victors. Before that, José had a home game versus ADR Jicaral which ended with a victory 1-0.
The victory against San Carlos came after Jean Scott's winning goal. The José manager R. Row Arias was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 23rd minute. A late climax in the match against San Carlos as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Jean Scott.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for José as they are travelling to their away game against San Carlos in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Sporting San José's 2 home games: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
Cartaginés form and stats
One match played away so far in the Primera Division for Cartaginés and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 11 games.
Cartaginés are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Limon (placed 4th). Prior to that result Cartaginés won their away game at Deportivo Saprissa. The scoreline was 3-2.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cartaginés has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Let's have a look at how Cartaginés performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 13/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Castro Salazar 1 goals |  J. Scott Hernández 1 goals | B. Vega Chaves 1 goals |
Sporting San José missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Sporting San José | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Sporting San José | Last season | Cartaginés | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 20 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 71 | 42 | Scored | S | 31 | 67 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Conceded | C | 29 | 69 | ||
| 93% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 74% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 74% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 52% | 61% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 37% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 26% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 24% | ||
| 17% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 344 | 173 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 363 | ||
| 112 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 137 | ||
| 60% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 49% | ||
| 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 José | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | San Carlos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Limon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 5 | Cartaginés | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Sporting San José | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Juventud Escazucena | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | CS Uruguay de Coronado | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Consultants Moravia | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Santa Ana | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Turrialba | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Puerto Golfito | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Puma Generalena | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Curridabat | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 6 |
| 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 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos de Guapiles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Limon | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | UCR | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 38 | -27 | 16 |