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CD Saprissa 1-0 Cruz Azul - October 29, 2008 / CONCACAF Champions League 2008/2009

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CONCACAF Champions League 2008/2009 - Group A

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma - San José - Costa Rica

October 29, 2008

12 800

1 - 0

Cruz Azul

Mexico

Alejandro Alpízar

60'

logo Deportivo Saprissa DS

41' - Red card Carlos Bonet

logo Deportivo Saprissa DS

56' - Substitution Fernando Paniaguais substituted by Alonso Solis56

57' - Substitution César Villaluzis substituted by Rogelio Chávez

60' - Goal Alejandro Alpízar60

67' - Substitution Gerardo Lugois substituted by Alejandro Vela

68' - Substitution Ariel Santanais substituted by Yader Balladares68

74' - Substitution Gabino Velascois substituted by Nicolás Vigneri

76' - Substitution Alexander Robinsonis substituted by Randall Porras76

87' - Red card Rogelio Chávez

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

CD Saprissa

1 - 0

Cruz Azul

CD Saprissa Cruz Azul

Team line-ups

CD Saprissa

Navas

Keylor Navas

Costa Rica

B.date15/12/1986

Age21 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Robinson76

Alexander Robinson

Costa Rica

B.date21/11/1988

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Cordero

Victor Cordero

Costa Rica

B.date09/11/1973

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Nuñez

Andrés Nuñez

Costa Rica

B.date27/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Defender

Drummond

Jervis Drummond

Costa Rica

B.date08/09/1976

Age32 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

Paniagua56

Fernando Paniagua

Costa Rica

B.date09/09/1988

Age20 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Borges

Celso Borges

Costa Rica

B.date27/05/1988

Age20 years

H1m86

positionLeft central midfielder

Centeno

Walter Centeno

Costa Rica

B.date06/10/1974

Age34 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Santana68

Ariel Santana

Costa Rica

B.date21/01/1988

Age20 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Alonso

Armando Alonso

Costa Rica

B.date21/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionForward

Alpízar60

Alejandro Alpízar

Costa Rica

B.date14/06/1979

Age29 years

H1m77

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Keylor Navas		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alexander Robinson	76	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Victor Cordero		34	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrés Nuñez		32	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jervis Drummond		32	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fernando Paniagua	56	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Celso Borges		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Walter Centeno		34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ariel Santana	68	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Armando Alonso		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alejandro Alpízar	60	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cruz Azul

Blanco

Alfonso Blanco

Mexico

B.date31/07/1987

Age21 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Domínguez

Julio César Domínguez

Mexico

B.date08/11/1987

Age20 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Viades

Emilio Hassan Viades

Mexico

B.date10/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft central defender

Bonet41

Carlos Bonet

Paraguay

B.date02/10/1977

Age31 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Castro

Alejandro Castro

Mexico

B.date27/03/1987

Age21 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Velasco74

Gabino Velasco

Mexico

B.date09/04/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Torrado

Gerardo Torrado

Mexico

B.date30/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight central midfielder

Villaluz57

César Villaluz

Mexico

B.date18/07/1988

Age20 years

H1m65

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Lugo67

Gerardo Lugo

Mexico

B.date31/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m65

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Zeballos

Pablo Zeballos

Paraguay

B.date04/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Sabah

Miguel Sabah

Mexico

B.date14/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alfonso Blanco		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julio César Domínguez		20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emilio Hassan Viades		30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Bonet	41	31	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alejandro Castro		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gabino Velasco	74	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerardo Torrado		29	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	César Villaluz	57	20	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerardo Lugo	67	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pablo Zeballos		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Miguel Sabah		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Randall Porras	76	29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yader Balladares	68	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alonso Solis	56	30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rogelio Chávez	5787	24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alejandro Vela	67	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolás Vigneri	74	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miguel Sabah

Nicolás Vigneri

OUT

Gabino Velasco

Cristian Riveros

OUT

Emilio Hassan Viades

Joaquín Beltrán

OUT

Alfonso Blanco

Yosgart Gutiérrez

OUT

Gerardo Lugo

Alejandro Vela

OUT

Alejandro Castro

Rogelio Chávez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jeaustin Campos

117

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Campos vs Cruz Azul

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 29, 2008

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Referee

Ricardo Salazar

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	CD Saprissa2 matches	General total	Cruz Azul1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	CD Saprissa1 match	Season total	Cruz Azul1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 17, 2010					Latest figure on October 29, 2008

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Key figures

End of streak for Cruz Azul after 4 matches with at least one goal scored in Coupe des champions de la CONCACAF (since 23/09/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/09/2008 (2 matches)

It's the first time Alejandro Alpízar scores 1 goal vs Cruz Azul in his professional career

Cruz Azul keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Coupe des champions de la CONCACAF running (since 24/08/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DDeportivo Saprissa 1-1 Cartaginés24/08/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 2-0 La U Universitarios13/09/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 2-1 Alajuelense27/09/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 2-1 Marathón30/09/2008

DDeportivo Saprissa 2-2 D.C. United09/10/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 3-2 Orión Desamparados19/10/2008

Overall

LSan Carlos 3-1 Deportivo Saprissa21/09/2008

LCruz Azul 4-0 Deportivo Saprissa23/09/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 2-1 Alajuelense27/09/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 2-1 Marathón30/09/2008

DDeportivo Saprissa 2-2 D.C. United09/10/2008

VDeportivo Saprissa 3-2 Orión Desamparados19/10/2008

Current form

Away

LAmérica Mexico 2-0 Cruz Azul28/09/2008

VD.C. United 0-1 Cruz Azul01/10/2008

VPumas de la UNAM 0-2 Cruz Azul12/10/2008

DPuebla 2-2 Cruz Azul26/10/2008

Overall

VPumas de la UNAM 0-2 Cruz Azul12/10/2008

LCruz Azul 0-2 Atlético Morelia18/10/2008

VCruz Azul 2-0 D.C. United21/10/2008

DPuebla 2-2 Cruz Azul26/10/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	12	4
Conceding streak	4	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	5	3
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

0	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	142
0	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	7
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	5
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.86
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.33
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.43
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	6-0 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cesar Elizondo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Javier Orozco
Cesar Elizondo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Nicolás Vigneri
Cesar Elizondo	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Pablo Zeballos

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 23, 2008
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 23, 2008 - CONCACAF Champions League 2008/2009

Cruz Azul

4 - 0

CD Saprissa

August 11, 1998 - CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1998

Cruz Azul

0 - 0

CD Saprissa

Best historical scorers against Cruz Azul

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against CD Saprissa

Gerardo Torrado	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Pablo Zeballos	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Cristian Riveros	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Miguel Sabah	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cruz Azul

Celso Borges	1 match	2008 - 2008
Ronald Gómez	1 match	2008 - 2008
Victor Cordero	1 match	2008 - 2008
Alejandro Alpízar	1 match	2008 - 2008
Walter Centeno	1 match	2008 - 2008
Andrés Nuñez	1 match	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs CD Saprissa

César Villaluz	1 match	2008 - 2008
Roberto Juarez	1 match	2008 - 2008
Martín Galván	1 match	2008 - 2008
Emilio Hassan Viades	1 match	2008 - 2008
Alfonso Blanco	1 match	2008 - 2008
Gerardo Torrado	1 match	2008 - 2008