Alajuelense will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Herediano.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Alajuelense form and stats
Alajuelense have played 9 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).Alajuelense manager H. Torres and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Carmelita in the Primera Division. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Deportivo Saprissa.
Alajuelense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 9 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Herediano form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Herediano so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Santos de Guapiles in their previous outing. The Primera Division match ended in a draw 1-1. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Guadalupe.
Herediano are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Herediano in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Herediano - Alajuelense 2-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Alajuelense won 5, Herediano won 4 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
 
R. Rojas
14 goals
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J. Ortiz
13 goals
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J. Moya
12 goals
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Alajuelense missing players
Herediano missing players
| Alajuelense | Herediano | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 46 | 22 | Played | 24 | 48 |
| 77 | 39 | Scored | 26 | 73 |
| 52 | 22 | Conceded | 37 | 56 |
| 98% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 94% |
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 73% |
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 50% |
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 21% | 23% |
| 17% | 18% | Over 4.5 | 17% | 17% |
| 59% | 59% | Both teams to score | 62% | 54% |
| 28% | 32% | Clean Sheet | 17% | 33% |
| 15% | 9% | Failed To Score | 29% | 19% |
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | 5.5 | 6 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.6 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 11 | 2 | Red Cards (total) | 7 | 9 |
- Alajuelense hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | San Carlos | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 2 | Pérez Zeledón | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Herediano | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Cartaginés | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Grecia | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Alajuelense | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | UCR | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 28 |
| 9 | Santos de Guápiles | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | Limón | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -14 | 18 |
| 12 | Carmelita | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 11 |
| 13 | Guadalupe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
