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Primera División · Costa Rica

Sporting San Jose vs CS Cartagines prediction and preview

10 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Over 1.5 GoalsOdds 1.30Market probability 71%Final score 3–1

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Sporting San Jose host CS Cartagines in the Primera División (Costa Rica) on 10 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Over 1.5 Goals — more than 1.5 goals in the match. It was published at odds of 1.30, which the bookmaker market rated at about 71% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Final score: Sporting San Jose 3–1 CS Cartagines.

Going into the match, Sporting San Jose had won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches, scoring 18 and conceding 10. CS Cartagines had won 7, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 10, with 23 scored and 11 conceded.

Both teams scored in 5 of Sporting San Jose's last 10 and 6 of CS Cartagines's last 10; 5 and 7 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Sporting San Jose averaged 1.63 goals scored and 1.25 conceded across 8 matches; away from home CS Cartagines averaged 1.58 scored and 1.25 conceded across 12.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.28 goals from Sporting San Jose and 2.05 from CS Cartagines. From that it rates a home win at 23%, a draw at 23% and an away win at 54%, against 41%, 29% and 30% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 86%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Sporting San Jose (green) and CS Cartagines (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form50% – 50%
Attack50% – 50%
Defence50% – 50%
Head-to-head60% – 40%
Goals61% – 39%
Overall strength56% – 43%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
Sporting San JoseWWWLW1.801.0050%50%
CS CartaginesLLWWD2.301.1060%70%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

Recent meetings

Other markets we priced

MarketOur probabilityOdds
Over 1.5 Goals71%1.30
Double Chance 1X70%1.33
1st Half Under 1.5 Goals69%1.36
1st Half Over 0.5 Goals67%1.40
Under 2.5 Goals54%1.75
BTTS Yes52%1.83
Over 2.5 Goals46%2.05
Sporting San Jose Win41%2.15

Probabilities are derived from bookmaker prices with the margin removed. They are estimates, not guarantees.

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