Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: Deportivo Saprissa 1st with 18, Cartaginés 2nd with 15. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Saprissa 2.29 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, Cartaginés 2.14 and 1.14, 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