It's the second chance for points this season as UCR and Cartaginés battle it out.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for UCR and Cartaginés.
UCR form and stats
UCR have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
UCR lost their last game at Guadalupe (placed 1st) after a 0-5 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Santos de Guapiles with a 4-1 scoreline.
UCR were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for UCR as they are travelling to their away game against Grecia in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, UCR's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season UCR managed 5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 15 conceded.
Cartaginés form and stats
Cartaginés delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Santos de Guapiles (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Primera Division game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Limón with the score of 2-0.
A new game in only four days for Cartaginés, the Primera Division home match versus Deportivo Saprissa. Busy days.
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, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 17/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
UCR and Cartaginés have met before this season: Cartaginés - UCR 4-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for UCR, 7 draws and 3 wins for Cartaginés. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hernández 10 goals |  J. Cruz 8 goals |   A. Contreras 6 goals |
UCR missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| UCR | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 41 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 70% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 70% |
| 52% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 52% |
| 30% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 30% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 13% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 48% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 4.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 86 | 44 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 52 | 143 |
| 40 | 23 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 20 | 60 |
| 52% | 43% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 65% | 55% |
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guadalupe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | ADR Jicaral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Grecia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Herediano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cartaginés | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Santos de Guapiles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | San Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Limón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | UCR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |