Sporting San José are listed as expected winners of this home fixture vs San Carlos, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Sporting San José have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have the fewest scored goals (4) in Primera Division
This pitch has grass, which is not San Carlos's regular surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass San Carlos have performed like this: Played 33 matches taking 8 wins, 11 draws and 14 defeats with the goal production 37-51 (scored/conceded).
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primera Division.
Sporting San José form and stats
Perfect Primera Division season at home so far for Sporting San José 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Sporting San José faced defeat in their previous match, away at Guanacasteca (1-3).
Ahead of that match, Sporting San José won a home game hosting Herediano (1-0).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier José matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
The Sporting San José manager Garita has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league.
San Carlos form and stats
The Primera Division season is young and San Carlos have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
San Carlos aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 341 league minutes without a goal. Salazar (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
Carlos delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Deportivo Saprissa (placed 2nd) in their previous game. Unusual, but true: this team has played three consecutive league games with the result 0-0!
Before that, San Carlos travelled to Cartaginés and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Carlos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
San Carlos are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 3 away games. 4 goals have been conceded by Carlos in these games. San Carlos has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Sporting San José - San Carlos 2-1 was the end result in these contenders' previous H2H fixture, earlier this season. José-San Carlos H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Sporting San José five wins, San Carlos two wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last nine encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mena Rojas 7 goals |  R. Azofeifa Corrales 6 goals | B. Martínez Nava 5 goals |
Sporting San José missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Sporting San José | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 39 | 27 | 13 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 35 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 82% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 73% |
| 73% | 82% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 55% |
| 41% | 55% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| 23% | 36% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 14% |
| 68% | 82% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 59% |
| 23% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9.7 | 9.8 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.4 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 53% | 68% | 93% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 32% |
| 10.7 | 9.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 13.8 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 4.7 | 4 |
- San Carlos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- San Carlos have the fewest scored goals (4) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Primera Division
- San Carlos have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Primera Division
- San Carlos is in the worst form (0-4-2)
- Sporting San José have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting San José have scored at least twice as many goals at home as San Carlos have scored away.
- Sporting San José have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting San José have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Alajuelense | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Sporting San José | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Perez Zeledon | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Herediano | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Cartaginés | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Puntarenas | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Grecia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Santos de Guapiles | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 12 | San Carlos | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
