A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Deportivo Saprissa and Cotzumalguapa know what's at stake in this second leg of the Concacaf League 8th Finals clash.
The hosts Saprissa saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Primera Division. This match was also played here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cotzumalguapa have had more rest.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Cotzumalguapa have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Saprissa participated in Concacaf League the last season, where they reached the final.Deportivo Saprissa are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Deportivo Saprissa's last game was hosting Perez Zeledon and winning 3-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Cotzumalguapa and winning 2-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Saprissa as they are travelling to their away game against Herediano in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
Saprissa are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches. Saprissa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Cotzumalguapa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Nacional travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Concacaf League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Cotzumalguapa as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Cotzumalguapa have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Luis Moran. It's been 443 minutes since they last conceded in Liga Nacional.
Cotzumalguapa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Deportivo Saprissa proved too strong as Cotzumalguapa slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa.
Before that, Cotzumalguapa secured a home win against Antigua GFC with the score 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Malacateco in just four days.
The visiting Cotzumalguapa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Cotzumalguapa's manager M. Acevedo Ruiz has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Cotzumalguapa - Deportivo Saprissa 0-2.Top Goalscorers
  J. Marín 5 goals | M. Torres 4 goals |  J. Velásquez 4 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
Cotzumalguapa missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Cotzumalguapa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 6.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Grecia | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Santos de Guápiles | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Sporting San Jose | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Cartagines | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | San Carlos | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | ADR Jicaral | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | Perez Zeledon | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cotzumalguapa | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Antigua GFC | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Comunicaciones | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Xelaju | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Municipal | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Solola | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Iztapa | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Malacateco | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Nueva Concepcion | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Coban Imperial | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 11 | Achuapa | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Guastatoya | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 5 |