Deportivo Saprissa favourites for feisty fight facing Herediano

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.

Deportivo Saprissa's stadium, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, has a artifical turf surface. Herediano have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Herediano when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from eleven matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 14.

Deportivo Saprissa form and stats

Deportivo Saprissa are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Deportivo Saprissa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Saprissa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Guanacasteca (0-1).

Ahead of that match, Deportivo Saprissa won a home game hosting San Carlos (3-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Saprissa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost three.

The manager J. Alonso Rodríguez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Herediano in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in the league this season as Saprissa has scored 31 goals here in 11 home games. Deportivo Saprissa have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Herediano form and stats

6 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Herediano, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Primera Division, playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. Things are running smoothly for Herediano who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Guanacasteca.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Herediano goalkeeper Luis Alejandro Barrientos Arguedas is eager to challenge this, with his 396 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Herediano, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sporting San Jose in the Primera Division last time out.

Before that, Herediano secured a home win against Grecia with the score 2-0.

Herediano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

A new game in only four days for Herediano, the Primera Division home match versus Deportivo Saprissa. Busy days.

Herediano find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Herediano have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Herediano - Deportivo Saprissa 2-1. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: five wins for Saprissa, two draws and three wins for Herediano. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Ruiz González 10 goals

J. Marín 7 goals

M. Torres 5 goals

Deportivo Saprissa missing players

Herediano missing players