The league table is allowed to rest as Herediano and Cartaginés battle for Copa Costa Rica honors in this first Final leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Herediano form and stats
Herediano are returning here after visiting Alajuelense in a Copa Costa Rica match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A 1-1 scoreline against Alajuelense before that, played at home in the Copa Costa Rica.
Cartaginés form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cartaginés so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Cartaginés's previous fixture versus Deportivo Saprissa, a Copa Costa Rica win (2-1) played at home.
Ahead of that, the Copa Costa Rica victory away at Deportivo Saprissa.
Cartaginés are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. In the opposite end, Cartaginés have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Herediano won six games, one match ended with a tie and Cartaginés have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Fuller Spence 1 goals |  J. Brenes Rojas 1 goals |  A. Contreras Enríquez 1 goals |
Herediano missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Herediano | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 12.2 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 39% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 33% | ||
| 13.1 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Puntarenas | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Grecia | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 4 | San Carlos | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 5 | Perez Zeledon | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Cartaginés | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
