This could be quite the absorbing skirmish at Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez in the Primera Division. San Carlos is in 8th place and host Herediano in 5th place. Read all about the match here!
- Herediano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
4-4-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Herediano when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those ten matches are 13-12 (scored/conceded).
This has all the signs of an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
San Carlos form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what San Carlos have to build on here at Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez in the Primera Division.
The fans are hoping that Carlos will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the match against Alajuelense (placed 1st).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Puntarenas that ended 1-1.Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for San Carlos as they are travelling to their away game against Grecia in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
At Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez, San Carlos has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Herediano form and stats
Let's have a look at how Herediano performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded {17 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 16/14 goals scored/conceded.
181 minutes! That's how long the Herediano goalkeeper Bryan Andres Segura Cruz and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Herediano go into this game after a win, the home game against Guadalupe that ended 1-0.
A defeat, in the Copa Costa Rica away at Cartagines, before that.
Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league games in a row with this club have had at most two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Guanacasteca in just two days.
Head 2 Head
San Carlos have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (0-4-0) when facing Herediano.The sides have met each other previously this season, with the result Herediano - San Carlos 2-2 entered in the official records. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels. Ruiz loves to play against Carlos and have scored 7 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mena Rojas 7 goals | W. Azofeifa 3 goals | R. Córdoba Durán 2 goals |
San Carlos missing players
Herediano missing players
| San Carlos | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 43 |
| 28 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 96% |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 91% | 78% |
| 61% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 52% |
| 22% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 67% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 57% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 27% | 35% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 5.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9.2 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 61% | 49% |
| 10.6 | 7.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 15.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
- Herediano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Herediano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Herediano have scored more than double the goals of San Carlos.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Puntarenas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Santos de Guapiles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | Grecia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Perez Zeledon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
