Match details. Primera Division, Apertura - 10. Kick-off is Sat 10 Oct, 03:00 Lagos time. It is played at Estadio Puente de Piedra, Grecia.
What's at stake. Sporting FC are 3rd on 17 points after 9 games, 1 point behind CS Cartagines, 2 points clear of San Carlos. A win would take them above CS Cartagines. CS Cartagines are 2nd on 18 points after 9 games, 3 points behind Deportivo Saprissa, 1 point clear of Sporting San Jose. A win would take them level on points with Deportivo Saprissa.
Form. Sporting FC have won five, drawn two and lost two of their last nine, 1.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W L W W. In this competition Sporting FC have gone W W L W W W. CS Cartagines have won six, drawn none and lost three of their last nine, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W W W W. In this competition CS Cartagines have gone L W W W W L.
The numbers. Sporting FC score 1.8 and concede 0.9 a game over their last nine, with three clean sheets. CS Cartagines score 1.8 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets and two games without a goal.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Sporting FC have won five, drawn one and lost four. Six of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in seven. In the last four, Sporting FC won two and CS Cartagines won two. The last time they met, on 8 Aug 2026, it finished Sporting FC 1-2 CS Cartagines.
The read. No side to back. An open game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 57%. Six of the last ten meetings went over 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: Sporting FC 2-1 CS Cartagines (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).