Match details. Primera Division, Apertura - 13. Kick-off is Mon 26 Oct, 01:00 Lagos time. It is played at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela.
What's at stake. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense are 4th on 19 points after 12 games, 5 points behind Sporting San Jose, level on points with San Carlos. Perez Zeledon are 10th on 9 points after 12 games, 1 point behind Escorpiones Belén. A win would take them above Escorpiones Belén.
Form. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense have won four, drawn three and lost three of their last ten, 1.5 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D D W L. In this competition Liga Deportiva Alajuelense have gone W D D W L L. Perez Zeledon have won one, drawn three and lost six of their last ten, 0.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L D L L. In this competition Perez Zeledon have gone L L D L L W.
The numbers. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense score 1.6 and concede one a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Perez Zeledon score 0.7 and concede 1.7 a game over their last ten, with one clean sheet and five games without a goal.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Liga Deportiva Alajuelense have won five, drawn four and lost one. Six of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in seven. In the last four, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense won two and two were drawn. The last time they met, on 30 Aug 2026, it finished Liga Deportiva Alajuelense 1-1 Perez Zeledon.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 76% against the records' 50%. On goals, their records put over 2.5 goals at 48%; six of the last ten meetings went over 2.5.
The read. No firm call: Liga Deportiva Alajuelense are the better side, but not at this price. Their goals for and against make Liga Deportiva Alajuelense the likelier winners; Liga Deportiva Alajuelense are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Liga Deportiva Alajuelense; the meetings favour Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.
The bets. No bet on this one: too close to call. Predicted score: Liga Deportiva Alajuelense 1-1 Perez Zeledon (12% 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 (the Model's table).