The Herediano & Santos de Guápiles managers P. Salazar Sánchez and E. Rodríguez Santamaría are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Primera Division league table.
- Herediano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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.
Herediano form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Herediano have to build on here at Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero in the Primera Division.
The Herediano goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Perez Zeledon.Herediano are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Santos de Guápiles awaits in three days.
Herediano are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Herediano have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
4-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Santos de Guápiles in their Primera Division matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Guápiles are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Deportivo Saprissa's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Herediano in just three days.
Santos de Guápiles have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Guápiles in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Santos de Guápiles - Herediano 2-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Herediano four wins, six draws and Santos de Guápiles zero victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. East 12 goals |  Y. Ruiz González 9 goals |  K. Cunningham Brown 7 goals |
Herediano missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Herediano | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 42 | 21 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 19 | 38 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 66 | 35 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 48 |
| 51 | 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 53 |
| 95% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 92% |
| 81% | 86% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 68% | 76% |
| 55% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 26% | 34% |
| 14% | 10% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 64% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 53% | 58% |
| 19% | 19% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 26% | 26% |
| 21% | 14% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 26% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 9.5 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 47% | 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 44% | 38% |
- Herediano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 50 |
| 2 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | Herediano | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | San Carlos | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Cartagines | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Grecia | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 10 | Sporting San Jose | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 23 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Limon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -17 | 21 |