Herediano will plan to operate their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 8 points behind Deportivo Saprissa.
- Herediano is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Primera Division
Deportivo Saprissa play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture will take part on grass. Recent stats for Deportivo Saprissa when featuring on grass are 12 wins, 11 draws and 12 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored {39 goals} and conceded 39 times on these occasions.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Herediano and Deportivo Saprissa.
Herediano form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Herediano, who have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Primera Division, have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 210 minutes without scoring a league goal. Godínez was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Herediano will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Cartagines (placed 4th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Alajuelense (0-4).This is expected to be a close game, with Herediano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Herediano as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Herediano has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 12 league games, 9 have had two goals or less.
Herediano aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio CDI José Joaquín Colleya Fonseca in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Herediano have conceded 6 from these games.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Deportivo Saprissa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Pérez Zeledón (placed 6th). As mentioned above, Deportivo Saprissa was the only team on the pitch versus Pérez Zeledón in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Cartagines.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Deportivo Saprissa in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Deportivo Saprissa, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 11 of this club's last 14 league matches have had two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Saprissa, the Primera Division home match versus Sporting San Jose. Busy days.
Deportivo Saprissa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Deportivo Saprissa's manager Madriz has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the squads played each other previously this season; Herediano - Deportivo Saprissa 1-0. Waston (Deportivo Saprissa) was shown a red card when these teams previously met this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Herediano wins - draws - Deportivo Saprissa wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. East 6 goals |  K. Waston Manley 6 goals |  D. Guzmán Pérez 5 goals |
Herediano missing players
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
| Herediano | Deportivo Saprissa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 49 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 48 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 63% |
| 50% | 53% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 30% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 7% | 10% |
| 10% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 3% |
| 53% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 60% | 60% |
| 23% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11.9 | 13.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 11.8 | 14.2 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 41% | 36% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 29% | 31% |
| 12.4 | 10 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.9 | 7.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
- Deportivo Saprissa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most clean sheets (9) away in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Primera Division
- Deportivo Saprissa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Herediano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Herediano have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Primera Division
- Herediano have the most points from losing position (21) in Primera Division
- Herediano have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Primera Division
- Herediano haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Herediano is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 20 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Guanacasteca | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Pérez Zeledón | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 7 | Herediano | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Puntarenas | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | San Carlos | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Guadalupe | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Grecia | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Santos de Guápiles | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
