Match Info

Primera Division - Apertura - Round 5

Date: 22 August 2026, Saturday

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Costa-rica	FUTV
Usa	SportsEngine Play


	Escorpiones de Belén		Cartagines

	1	X	2
	3.70	3.40	1.80
	3.60	3.30	1.86	Watch
	4.42	3.61	1.88
	3.2	3.28	2.24	Watch
	3.25	3.15	2.25
	4.12	3.34	1.80	Watch
	3.85	3.30	1.79
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.73 ↑ (2.74)	3.34 ↓ (3.36)	1.95 ↓ (2.45)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 3.5%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Escorpiones de Belén
24.8%

Draw
27.7%

Cartagines
47.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

34.1%

27.8%

38.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Escorpiones de Belén has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-9.3%)

Note: This is a significant drop in prediction, indicating that Escorpiones de Belén's form might have worsened.

Cartagines has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+9.4%)

Note: This is a significant improvement in prediction, suggesting Cartagines's recent form is better than expected.

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
25%	50%	25%

Escorpiones de Belén - Cartagines Predictions

Users Predictions: 4 users predict this event. Escorpiones will win (votes: 1 - 25%). Cartagines will win (votes: 1 - 25%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 50%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 0:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
25. Rodriguez B. (G) 5. Arias E. 37. Jimenez A. 23. Kilwien P. 11. Fernandez A. 8. Munoz C. 10. Fonseca G. (C) 14. Morales E. 17. Camareno J. 9. Montiel R. 34. Munguia J.	1. Briceno K. (C) 17. Lopez Y. 2. Cordero R. 12. Quiros J. 31. Morera G. M. 15. Flores L. 16. Castro G. 30. Mora A. 7. Moran M. 22. Hernandez A. 9. Tepa
Substitutes
24. Chaves F. 70. Davila E. 77. Espinoza I. 7. Hidalgo A. 21. Juarez F. 75. Lopez R. 6. Mena L. 30. Monge N. 1. Montenegro R. (G) 19. Serrano J.	26. Alfaro B. 11. Alfaro L. 18. Barahona C. 13. Gaete J. 19. Gonzalez Hernandez D. 8. Lopez D. 37. Martinez H. 20. Mesen D. 6. Montero C. 33. Moya C. (G)
Coaches
Diaz J.	Villatoro A.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (1 - 1)
20', Morera G. M. 🟨,
20', Moran M. 🟨,
23', 1 - 0, Montiel R. ⚽,
33', Fonseca G. 🟨,
45+1', 1 - 1, Hernandez A. ⚽,
2nd Half (0 - 3)
46', Fonseca G. ↓, Monge N. ↑,
52', Castro G. 🟨,
55', Morales E. ↓, Chaves F. ↑,
64', Lopez Y. 🟨,
70', 1 - 2, Hernandez A. ⚽,
72', Morera G. M. ↓, Alfaro B. ↑,
72', Quiros J. ↓, Barahona C. ↑,
72', Castro G. ↓, Gaete J. ↑,
72', Mora A. ↓, Lopez D. ↑,
78', Arias E. ↓, Venegas J. ↑,
79', 1 - 3, Gaete J. ⚽,
85', 1 - 4, Gaete J. ⚽,
86', Hernandez A. ↓, Alfaro L. ↑,
90', Lopez D. 🟥,
90+2', Monge N. 🟨,
90+4', 🟨,

Preview

Two mid-table teams will face off this time (ranked 6 and 4 in the zone Promotion ~ Primera Division (Apertura ~ Play Offs: Semi~finals)).

In recent matches, Cartagines has shown inconsistent performance (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Escorpiones may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

Cartagines will hold a modest advantage in this match.

In the last 1 head-to-head match, Escorpiones won 1 match, drew 0 matches, lost 0 matches, and goals 1:0.

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
2	Cartagines	9	6	0	3	18:10	8	18
10	Escorpiones	9	1	1	7	6:15	-9	4

Last Results with these Odds

Cartagines - the odds 2.45 are the expected chance of winning is 38.12%, but this team recently wins 11% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Escorpiones de Belén
Costa Rican Primera Division
17.08.26	Sporting San José - Escorpiones de Belén	2:0 ✺
01.08.26	Alajuelense - Escorpiones de Belén	2:1 ✺
26.07.26	San Carlos - Escorpiones de Belén	0:3 AWA. ✺
Costa Rican Liga de Ascenso
11.05.26	Escorpiones de Belén - Inter San Carlos	0:1 ET ✺
04.05.26	Inter San Carlos - Escorpiones de Belén	0:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.9 LLWLT
- CS Cartagines
CONCACAF Central American Cup
18.08.26	Cartagines - Verdes	4:0 ✺
Costa Rican Primera Division
15.08.26	Deportivo Saprissa - Cartagines	3:2 ✺
CONCACAF Central American Cup
12.08.26	Motagua - Cartagines	1:1 ✺
Costa Rican Primera Division
07.08.26	Cartagines - Sporting San José	2:1 ✺
03.08.26	Pérez Zeledón - Cartagines	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.4 WLTWL

Latest Head to Head

Costa Rican Copa
07.08.24	Cartagines - Escorpiones de Belén	0:1

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