Greeting visitors in their own stadium feels secure and nice for Guanacasteca, but Herediano are fully intent and able to win this one. How will it end?
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Primera Division
- Herediano have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Primera Division
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Guanacasteca form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Guanacasteca at their home stadium (Estadio Chorotega) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Guanacasteca with their four defeats in a row. Not since the San Carlos game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Guanacasteca are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Alajuelense.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cartagines (1-4).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Guanacasteca, as the Primera Division home game vs Perez Zeledon is only four days away.
A decent goal production from Guanacasteca in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Guanacasteca have conceded 7 goals.
Herediano form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Herediano have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far. Herediano have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.
Herediano won their last game, 4-2 versus San Carlos played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against San Carlos was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Grecia.After this away game Herediano return home for a Primera Division game against Sporting San Jose. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Herediano has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Herediano have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other previously this campaign: Herediano - Guanacasteca 0-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - zero - four (Guanacasteca wins - draws - Herediano wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Córdoba Pérez 9 goals | Y. Molina 3 goals | A. Araúz 1 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Herediano missing players
| Guanacasteca | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | 68 |
| 49 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 93% | 86% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 67% | 71% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 75% |
| 40% | 36% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 53% | 56% |
| 23% | 21% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 35% | 36% |
| 17% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 50% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 59% | 53% |
| 20% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | 31% |
| 37% | 29% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 24% | 19% |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8.3 | 8.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.2 | 12.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 29% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 52% | 44% |
| 10.3 | 5.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 14.1 | 11.4 |
| 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Guanacasteca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guanacasteca have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division
- Herediano have scored more than double the goals of Guanacasteca.
- Herediano have the most points from losing position (27) in Primera Division
- Herediano have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Primera Division
- Herediano is in the best form (6-0-0) in Primera Division
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Herediano | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting San Jose | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Santos de Guapiles | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Puntarenas | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Guanacasteca | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Grecia | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 10 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 9 |
