International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Deportivo Saprissa and Cartaginés are looking forward to this Concacaf Central American Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
This arena has artifical turf, which is not Cartaginés's usual surface at their own arena. When appearing on artifical turf Cartaginés have performed like this: Played 14 matches yielding 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats with the goal difference 22-20 (scored/conceded).
It's no vacation for neither Saprissa nor Cartaginés as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
A strong away win for Deportivo Saprissa against Guanacasteca the last match, as Paradela were on target.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sporting San Jose.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Deportivo Saprissa, as the Primera Division home game vs Herediano is only three days away.
Cartaginés form and stats
It's the second away game in a row for Cartaginés, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Grecia last time out. Cartaginés can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Grecia. Buried deep in trouble at 0-3, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 4-3 victory. Cordero scored the final goal.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Guanacasteca.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Puntarenas in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Saprissa won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Cartaginés managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Guzmán Pérez 1 goals |  J. East 1 goals |  L. Paradela 1 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 30 | Scored | S | 20 | 43 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 23 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cartaginés | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cobán Imperial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jocoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deportivo Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cartaginés | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cobán Imperial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jocoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deportivo Universitario | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
