This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, loss and gain resulting in mid-table places so far. Gear up for Sporting San José - San Carlos!
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting San Carlos have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-11-17 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.
Sporting San José and San Carlos 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
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Sporting San José so far this season.
A strong away win for Sporting San José against Santos de Guapiles the last match, as Azofeifa, Vega and Meneses were on target.
Preceding that match was the home game against Deportivo Saprissa that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting San José have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won nine times, drawn two and lost two.
A decent goal production from Sporting San José in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches.
San Carlos form and stats
San Carlos have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
Impressive finishing from Pérez secured the home win 1-0 against Santos de Guapiles in their previous game.
A loss against Alajuelense was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where Carlos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, two draws and five defeats.
San Carlos are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Carlos's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
San Carlos - Sporting San José 3-1 was the result in these teams' last h2h fixture, earlier this season. Stats for the prior six meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Sporting San José, two draws and one win for San Carlos. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Saborío Chacón 12 goals |  J. Aguilar Bustamante 7 goals |
Sporting San José missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Sporting San José | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 44 | 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 40 |
| 48 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 46 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 91% |
| 78% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 72% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 47% |
| 31% | 19% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 16% | 6% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 13% | 12% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 59% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8.8 | 8.3 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 42% | 63% | 86% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | 33% |
| 9.4 | 8.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.1 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4 | 3.5 |
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Carlos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Santos de Guapiles | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 34 |
| 5 | Cartaginés | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Sporting San José | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
