The Alajuelense & Herediano managers A. Carevic Ghelfi and V. Núñez Rodríguez are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Primera Division league table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Alajuelense form and stats
Alajuelense, who have the most scored goals (16) in Primera Division, must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Primera Division games here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Alajuelense has won five games in a row. The Guadalupe match was the last time out without a victory. Alajuelense has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Alajuelense's last game was hosting Grecia (placed 6th) and winning 3-1. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Santos de Guapiles.
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 Alajuelense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost zero.
Alajuelense have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Alajuelense have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Herediano form and stats
Herediano are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Herediano go into this game after a win, the home game against Guadalupe that ended 3-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Perez Zeledon wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Herediano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were zero victories, three draws and six defeats.
Herediano find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Herediano have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Herediano - Alajuelense 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Alajuelense victories, four draws and two Herediano wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Alajuelense missing players
Herediano missing players
| Alajuelense | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 78 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 61 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 78% | 71% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 59% |
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the most points from losing position (9) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals (16) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense has the the best goal difference (+10) in Primera Division
- Alajuelense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Alajuelense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Alajuelense is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Herediano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Herediano | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Guadalupe | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 4 | Perez Zeledon | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 5 | Santos de Guapiles | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| 6 | Grecia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |