Match Info

Primera Division - Apertura - Round 1

Date: 25 July 2026, Saturday 🏁 Finished

Location: Estadio Puente de Piedra (Grecia) 🌤️ ...

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Usa	22:00	SportsEngine Play


	Sporting San José		Alajuelense

	1	X	2
	2.6	3	2.5
	2.65	3.10	2.37
	2.78	3.1	2.45	Watch
	3.04	3.2	2.59
	2.93	3.14	2.48	Watch
	2.75	3.05	2.6
	2.72	3.14	2.62	Watch
	2.75	3.1	2.43
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.78 ↓ (3.24)	3.1 ↓ (3.12)	2.51 ↑ (2.26)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 2.8%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Sporting San José
33.3%

Draw
29.8%

Alajuelense
36.9%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

28.8%

29.9%

41.3%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Sporting San José has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+4.5%)

Alajuelense has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4.4%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
33.3%	33.3%	33.3%

Sporting San José - Alajuelense Predictions

Users Predictions: 3 users predict this event. Sporting San José will win (votes: 1 - 33.3%). Alajuelense will win (votes: 1 - 33.3%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 33.3%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
23. Moreira L. (G) 22. Salas Y. 5. Soto A. 26. Gonzalez G. (C) 20. Bolanos R. 2. Salinas Y. 19. Mendez J. 7. Pinto J. 10. Lopez A. 21. Urena M. 11. Carballo R.	23. Ortega Olivera W. J. (G) 24. Salazar A. 21. Molina Y. 13. Gamboa A. (C) 42. Ruiz J. 14. Wilson R. 17. Chacon D. 33. Lucumi J. 10. Juanpi 7. Hernandez A. 18. Cisneros R.
Substitutes
1. Alvarez J. (G) 27. Chevez A. 3. Espinoza K. 9. George Clayton M. 6. Leiva G. 28. Navarro J. 33. Pastrana E. 8. Pineda C. 16. Ramirez R.	5. Borges C. 30. Calderon B. 27. McDonald K. 99. Michel K. 1. Mora B. (G) 35. Parkins R. 2. Paz D. 34. Perez C. 32. Unmuth L. 9. Zaldivar A.
Coaches
Carevic A.	Rescalvo I.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (1 - 0)
13', Salas Y. 🟨,
29', 1 - 0, Carballo R. ⚽,
2nd Half (0 - 1)
46', Hernandez A. ↓, Michel K. ↑,
46', Salas Y. ↓, Pineda C. ↑,
60', Lopez A. ↓, Chevez A. ↑,
64', Wilson R. ↓, Borges C. ↑,
64', Lucumi J. ↓, Perez C. ↑,
67', Ruiz J. 🟨,
70', Salinas Y. 🟨,
72', (Penalty Awarded),
75', Mendez J. ↓, Navarro J. ↑,
75', Carballo R. ↓, George Clayton M. ↑,
77', Salazar A. ↓, Paz D. ↑,
81', Urena M. ↓, Leiva G. ↑,
81', Anor J. ↓, Zaldivar A. ↑,
86', 1 - 1, Michel K. ⚽,
89', Ruiz J. 🟨,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Sporting San José won 1.

Alajuelense may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

In this match, both teams are almost equally likely to win.

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Sporting San José won 4 matches, drew 6 matches, lost 10 matches, and goals 16:26. (average 0.8:1.3).

Including home matches between the teams, Sporting San José won 2 matches, drew 4 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 9:14. (average 0.8:1.3).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
3	Sporting FC	13	7	3	3	26:20	6	24
4	Alajuelense	13	6	4	3	21:14	7	22

Last Results with these Odds

Sporting San José - the odds 3.24 are the expected chance of winning is 28.8%, but this team recently wins 14% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Sporting San José
Costa Rican Primera Division
25.04.26	Herediano - Sporting San José	0:0 ✺
21.04.26	Sporting San José - Municipal Liberia	0:1 ✺
18.04.26	Puntarenas FC - Sporting San José	1:2 ✺
Costa Rican Copa
15.04.26	Sporting San José - Deportivo Saprissa	1:3 ✺
Costa Rican Primera Division
11.04.26	Sporting San José - Alajuelense	0:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.6 TLWLL
- LD Alajuelense
Costa Rican Super Cup
12.07.26	Alajuelense - Herediano	0:1 ✺
Costa Rican Primera Division
26.04.26	Municipal Liberia - Alajuelense	2:1 ✺
23.04.26	Alajuelense - Puntarenas FC	5:2 ✺
19.04.26	Alajuelense - Deportivo Saprissa	1:1 ✺
11.04.26	Sporting San José - Alajuelense	0:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 6.9 LLWTW

Latest Head to Head

Costa Rican Primera Division
11.04.26	Sporting San José - Alajuelense	0:2
15.02.26	Alajuelense - Sporting San José	1:2
23.11.25	Alajuelense - Sporting San José	2:0
27.07.25	Sporting San José - Alajuelense	1:2
16.04.25	Alajuelense - Sporting San José	0:0
12.02.25	Sporting San José - Alajuelense	0:1
06.11.24	Alajuelense - Sporting San José	1:0

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