About Match
The table reads 6th (San Carlos, 9 pts) against 5th (Alajuelense, 11 pts), 2 points apart. Per game in the league, San Carlos score 0.71 and conceding 1.29, Alajuelense 1.29 and 1, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game. A win here leaves San Carlos on 12 points and up to 4th, overtaking Alajuelense, other results permitting.
19 meetings are on record — 2 won by San Carlos, 10 by Alajuelense, 7 drawn, at 1.79 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 32% of the meetings went to the host. Only 26% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez in Ciudad Quesada stages the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000.