Alajuelense vs Sporting FC

Costa Rica • Primera División • 2026/2027 • Round 16

Alajuelense

02:008 November 2026

Sporting FC

Match information

Country: Costa Rica
Competition: Primera División
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 16
Date: 8 November 2026
Kick-off: 02:00
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Prediction

Alajuelense win47%

Draw17%

Sporting FC win36%

Full prediction

Clubs

Alajuelense

Founded: 1919
Country: Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
City: Alajuela
Capacity: 17 895
Surface: grass

Sporting FC

Country: Costa Rica
Stadium: Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser Lahmann
City: San José
Capacity: 3 000
Surface: grass

Recent form

Alajuelense

DWDWW

Sporting FC

WWLDW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
2	Cartagines	13	+7	24
3	Sporting FC	13	+6	24
4	Alajuelense	13	+7	22
5	San Carlos	13	0	22

Full standings

Head-to-head

26 July 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 1 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 1 : 0)
12 April 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 0 : 2 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 1)
16 February 2026 • Primera División • Alajuelense 1 : 2 Sporting FC (Half-time 0 : 2)
23 November 2025 • Primera División • Alajuelense 2 : 0 Sporting San Jose (Half-time 2 : 0)
28 July 2025 • Primera División • SP. San José 1 : 2 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 1)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Alajuelense win47%

Draw17%

Sporting FC win36%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 64%
X2: 53%
12: 83%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 98%
Under 1.5: 2%
Over 2.5: 93%
Under 2.5: 7%
Over 3.5: 83%
Under 3.5: 17%

Both teams to score

Yes: 89%
No: 11%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Alajuelense	Sporting FC
+4.5 / -4.5	98%	2%
+3.5 / -3.5	95%	5%
+2.5 / -2.5	89%	11%
+1.5 / -1.5	79%	21%
+0.5 / -0.5	64%	36%
-0.5 / +0.5	47%	53%
-1.5 / +1.5	31%	69%
-2.5 / +2.5	18%	82%
-3.5 / +3.5	9%	91%
-4.5 / +4.5	4%	96%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Alajuelense: Oscar Ramirez
Sporting FC: Andres Carevic

Missing players

Alajuelense

17Daniel Chacon Salas - injured

Squad - Alajuelense

#	Player	Age	Apps	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Bayron Mora	23	-	-	-	-
23	Jesus Ortega Olivera Washington	31	2	0	0	7.30
40	Daniel Velasquez	20	-	-	-	-
59	Fabian Nunez	19	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Deylan Paz	21	-	-	-	-
3	Geancarlo Gonzalez	38	-	-	-	-
3	Giankarlo Romulus	20	-	-	-	-
13	Alexis Gamboa	27	2	0	0	6.80
15	Farbod Samadian	21	-	-	-	-
17	Daniel Chacon Salas injured	25	-	-	-	-
21	Yeison Molina	30	-	-	-	-
22	Ronald Matarrita	32	2	0	0	6.80
24	Aaron Salazar Arias	27	2	0	1	6.55
26	Fernardo Pinar	25	-	-	-	-
28	Yerlan Sosa	18	-	-	-	-
30	Brayan Calderon	17	-	-	-	-
32	Lucca Unmuth	20	-	-	-	-
42	John Ruiz	21	-	-	-	-
46	Jenzel Aguilar	19	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
5	Celso Borges	38	2	0	0	7.30
10	Juanpi	32	-	-	-	-
14	Roan Wilson	24	-	-	-	-
19	Charles Forstner	19	-	-	-	-
29	Deylan Aguilar	19	-	-	-	-
34	Creichel Perez	21	2	0	1	6.45
35	Rashir Parkins	25	1	0	0	6.20
38	Santiago Rosales	18	-	-	-	-
42	Mathias Ruiz	19	-	-	-	-
99	Kenyel Michel	22	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Antony Hernandez	25	-	-	-	-
9	Angel Zaldivar Caviedes	32	2	0	0	6.80
11	Mario Diaz Espinoza Luis	27	-	-	-	-
18	Ronaldo Cisneros	29	2	0	0	6.55
27	Kyan McDonald	16	-	-	-	-
33	Jeison Lucumi	31	-	-	-	-
39	Esteban Cruz	21	-	-	-	-
42	Raheen Cuello	19	-	-	-	-
44	Ethan Barley	17	-	-	-	-

Squad - Sporting FC

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
23	Leonel Moreira	36
99	Rodiney Leal	24
Defenders
2	Yostin Salinas	28
3	Andrid Rojas	19
3	Kevin Espinoza	29
5	Ariel Soto	34
20	Ryan Bolanos	27
27	Adrian Chevez	22
33	Eduardo Pastrana	26
34	Santiago Row	19
35	Jean Batista	20
98	Ignacio Gomez	28
Midfielders
6	Gabriel Leiva	32
8	Carlos Pineda	29
10	Alexander Lopez	34
12	Kevin Blandon	19
22	Youstin Salas	30
24	Anderson Barboza	24
34	Matias Rojas Rodriguez	19
36	Jeremi Hernandez	19
37	Andrew Barrantes	18
Forwards
7	Jose Pinto	29
9	Mayron George Clayton	32
11	Renzo Carballo	30
14	Daniel Colindres	41
16	Randy Ramirez	22
19	Josimar Mendez	25
21	Marcos Urena	36
25	Kaden Farrier	17
28	Joshua Navarro	27
31	Oscar Segura	20
	Jason Rios	19

Head-to-head

Last 10 meetings

Alajuelense wins6

Draws3

Sporting FC wins1

Goals: Alajuelense: 12 (1.2)
Goals: Sporting FC: 5 (0.5)
Goals per match: 1.7
Both teams scored: 4 / 10
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 10

Results

26 July 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 1 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 1 : 0)
12 April 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 0 : 2 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 1)
16 February 2026 • Primera División • Alajuelense 1 : 2 Sporting FC (Half-time 0 : 2)
23 November 2025 • Primera División • Alajuelense 2 : 0 Sporting San Jose (Half-time 2 : 0)
28 July 2025 • Primera División • SP. San José 1 : 2 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 1)
17 April 2025 • Primera División • Alajuelense 0 : 0 Sporting San José (Half-time 0 : 0)
13 February 2025 • Primera División • Sporting San José 0 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 1)
7 November 2024 • Primera División • Alajuelense 1 : 0 Sporting San José (Half-time 1 : 0)
20 September 2024 • Primera División • Sporting San José 0 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 0)
5 May 2024 • Primera División • Sporting San José 1 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Alajuelense	Sporting FC
W-D-L	5-4-1	7-1-2
Scored (per match)	19 (1.9)	23 (2.3)
Conceded (per match)	11 (1.1)	16 (1.6)
Clean sheets	3 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	5 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	7 / 10

Recent form - Alajuelense

W30 October 2026 • Concacaf Central American Cup • Alajuelense 2 : 1 Motagua (Half-time 2 : 0)
W26 October 2026 • Primera División • Alajuelense 1 : 0 Zeledon (Half-time 0 : 0)
D23 October 2026 • Concacaf Central American Cup • Motagua 0 : 0 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 0)
W18 October 2026 • Primera División • Inter San Carlos 2 : 3 Alajuelense (Half-time 1 : 2)
D15 October 2026 • Primera División • Alajuelense 1 : 1 Herediano (Half-time 1 : 1)
D11 October 2026 • Primera División • Puntarenas FC 1 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 0 : 1)
W21 September 2026 • Primera División • Alajuelense 5 : 0 Inter San Carlos (Half-time 2 : 0)
W18 September 2026 • Concacaf Central American Cup • Alajuelense 3 : 1 Marathon (Half-time 2 : 0)
L14 September 2026 • Primera División • Cartagines 3 : 1 Alajuelense (Half-time 2 : 0)
D11 September 2026 • Concacaf Central American Cup • Marathon 2 : 2 Alajuelense (Half-time 1 : 1)

Recent form - Sporting FC

W24 October 2026 • Primera División • Escorpiones 2 : 4 Sporting FC (Half-time 1 : 1)
D20 October 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 3 : 3 San Carlos (Half-time 3 : 1)
L16 October 2026 • Primera División • Saprissa 6 : 0 Sporting FC (Half-time 3 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 3 : 1 Cartagines (Half-time 1 : 0)
W19 September 2026 • Primera División • Zeledon 1 : 2 Sporting FC (Half-time 1 : 1)
W14 September 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 4 : 2 Saprissa (Half-time 3 : 1)
L7 September 2026 • Primera División • San Carlos 1 : 0 Sporting FC (Half-time 1 : 0)
W29 August 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 2 : 0 Inter San Carlos (Half-time 1 : 0)
W23 August 2026 • Primera División • Herediano 0 : 3 Sporting FC (Half-time 0 : 0)
W18 August 2026 • Primera División • Sporting FC 2 : 0 Escorpiones (Half-time 2 : 0)

Standings - Apertura

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saprissa	13	8	0	5	27	14	+13	24
2	Cartagines	13	8	0	5	24	17	+7	24
3	Sporting FC	13	7	3	3	26	20	+6	24
4	Alajuelense	13	6	4	3	21	14	+7	22
5	San Carlos	13	7	1	5	15	15	0	22
6	Puntarenas FC	14	5	4	5	16	20	-4	19
7	Inter San Carlos	14	5	3	6	17	23	-6	18
8	Herediano	13	4	2	7	15	17	-2	14
9	Escorpiones	14	4	1	9	17	24	-7	13
10	Zeledon	14	2	4	8	10	24	-14	10

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saprissa	6	6	0	0	20	5	+15	18
2	Cartagines	6	6	0	0	13	4	+9	18
3	Sporting FC	6	4	2	0	15	7	+8	14
4	Alajuelense	7	4	1	2	11	6	+5	13
5	San Carlos	7	4	0	3	7	8	-1	12
6	Puntarenas FC	7	3	2	2	8	8	0	11
7	Inter San Carlos	7	2	3	2	10	9	+1	9
8	Herediano	6	2	0	4	8	11	-3	6
9	Zeledon	8	1	2	5	5	14	-9	5
10	Escorpiones	7	1	1	5	5	14	-9	4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Carlos	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
2	Sporting FC	7	3	1	3	11	13	-2	10
3	Alajuelense	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9
4	Escorpiones	7	3	0	4	12	10	+2	9
5	Inter San Carlos	7	3	0	4	7	14	-7	9
6	Herediano	7	2	2	3	7	6	+1	8
7	Puntarenas FC	7	2	2	3	8	12	-4	8
8	Saprissa	7	2	0	5	7	9	-2	6
9	Cartagines	7	2	0	5	11	13	-2	6
10	Zeledon	6	1	2	3	5	10	-5	5

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.
1	M. Hernández	Herediano	10	1
1	E. Casado	Santa Ana	9	2
2	R. Vidal	Municipal Liberia	9	0
3	D. Campos	Alajuelense	8	1
4	J. East	Deportivo Saprissa	8	3
5	B. Martínez	San Carlos	8	0
2	J. Aguirre	Pérez Zeledón	7	0
3	A. Hernández	Puntarenas	7	0
6	Alberto Toril	Alajuelense	7	2
7	M. Ureña	Cartaginés	7	0
4	D. Colindres	Municipal Liberia	6	1
5	M. Loría	Deportivo Saprissa	6	1
6	B. Martínez	San Carlos	6	1
7	A. Rodríguez	Deportivo Saprissa	6	1
8	Alberto Toril	Alajuelense	6	1
8	D. Colindres	Municipal Liberia	6	3
9	J. Montenegro	Municipal Liberia	6	1
9	J. Villalobos	Santos de Guápiles	6	0
10	J. Moya	Alajuelense	6	0
11	J. Venegas	Guanacasteca	6	1
10	S. Cárdenas	Sporting San José	5	2
12	S. Cárdenas	Sporting San José	5	1
13	G. González	Sporting San José	5	0