Herediano have been busy practising for this match following their 1-1 result against San Carlos, a game they learned a lot from. How will this affect the battle against Sporting San José?
- Herediano have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most conceded goals (26) away in Primera Division
Not much time to rest for the home side, as they played a Primera Division fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at San Carlos, so at least Herediano are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Herediano form and stats
Herediano have performed here at Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca this season with 8 wins from 11 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. In general it's been a long time since Herediano tasted defeat here at Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
Herediano shared the glory with San Carlos in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Deportivo Saprissa that ended 1-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Herediano's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Herediano as they have a new game in only three days, a Primera Division match thankfully also at home. ADR Jicaral are visiting.
The Herediano fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Herediano have only let in 3 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sporting San José form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting San José so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for José as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the ADR Jicaral match.
Sporting San José go into this game after a win, the home game against ADR Jicaral that ended 3-0.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cartagines wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alajuelense in just three days.
Sporting San José find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For José, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The most recent past scoreline between these participants is the Sporting San José - Herediano 0-2 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Herediano four wins, zero draws and Sporting San José one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ruiz González 11 goals |  H. Fener 8 goals | G. Torres Barrantes 5 goals |
Herediano missing players
Sporting San José missing players
| Herediano | Sporting San José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 43 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 84% |
| 37% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 16% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 53% | 64% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.6 | 11.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 35% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 30% | 47% |
| 9.9 | 8.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.2 | 9 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 3.3 |
- Herediano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Herediano have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Primera Division
- Herediano have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Primera Division
- Herediano have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Primera Division
- Herediano have the most clean sheets (16) in Primera Division
- Herediano have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting San José have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sporting San José have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting San José have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the most conceded goals (26) away in Primera Division
- Sporting San José have the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Primera Division
- Sporting San José haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Santos de Guapiles | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 34 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Sporting San José | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 10 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -19 | 20 |
