Match Report
18 points for Deportivo Saprissa (1st), 6 for San Carlos (8th): a 12-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Saprissa 2.29 scored and 0.86 conceded per game, San Carlos 0.67 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.23.
Over the last five, Deportivo Saprissa had taken 10 of 15 points to San Carlos's 4.
GioScore's database holds 20 meetings between the two: 13 for Deportivo Saprissa, 2 for San Carlos and 5 drawn, at 2.7 goals per meeting.
The referee was A. Chinchilla, with 47 matches in our database and 0.9 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá (capacity 24,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Saprissa: Newton (65'), Newton (70') · San Carlos: Kenneth Cerdas (83')
Key stats
Possession: Deportivo Saprissa 53% · San Carlos 47% · Total shots: 11-14 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 11-5