This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both participants, as it's the first Primera Division match of the season. Both Deportivo Saprissa and Herediano are hoping for a good start to their league adventure.
This arena has the surface artifical turf, unlike Herediano's home ground. The latest seven games by the away team on artifical turf have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
It's no vacation for neither Saprissa nor Herediano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
Deportivo Saprissa could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Primera Division. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá they witnessed 10 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D5 - L2 from 22 games.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Deportivo Saprissa handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The manager Quesada will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jocoro in only four days.
Herediano form and stats
Let's have a look at how Herediano performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded {31 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 15/17 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Herediano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aguila in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches featuring these opponents have all ended as Deportivo Saprissa wins. Another one?The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 10 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Guzmán Pérez 1 goals |  J. East 1 goals |  L. Paradela 1 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
Herediano missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 73% |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Deportivo Saprissa | Last season | Herediano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 50 | 25 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Won | W | 10 | 24 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 90 | 57 | Scored | S | 35 | 78 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 29 | 54 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 98% | ||
| 70% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 46% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 52% | 57% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 35% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 40% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 22% | ||
| 6 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 12 | ||
| 14.5 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 42% | ||
| 8 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | ||
