Match Report
6 points and 2 places separated them: Deportivo Saprissa 1st with 18, Cartaginés 3rd with 12. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Saprissa 2.29 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Cartaginés 2 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.23.
Deportivo Saprissa had won three straight.
17 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Deportivo Saprissa 9, draws 3, Cartaginés 5, at 3.06 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 65%.
S. Madrigal took charge of the match — our records show 29 games refereed with an average of 1.1 yellow cards per game. Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, capacity 24,000, hosted the game. Deportivo Saprissa led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Saprissa: Jefferson Brenes (13'), Jefferson Brenes (34'), Bancy Hernández (77') · Cartaginés: Douglas López (31'), Carlos Luis Barahona Jiménez (88')
Key stats
Possession: Deportivo Saprissa 49% · Cartaginés 51% · Total shots: 17-10 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 12-0