A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Herediano fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Santos de Guápiles's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It's no vacation for neither Herediano nor Santos de Guápiles 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.
Herediano form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Herediano, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Primera Division, at their home stadium (Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Herediano, who won 2-1 against UCR (placed 12th). Before that, Herediano drew at home versus Guadalupe.
Herediano are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.
There will be little rest for Herediano after this match as they are travelling to Cartagines for a Primera Division game in only three days.
The Herediano manager J. Giacone Garita has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. Herediano have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
There's been little loot from Santos de Guápiles's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Primera Division. Santos de Guápiles only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Santos de Guápiles, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus San Carlos in the Primera Division. Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus Deportivo Saprissa.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Guápiles played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Guápiles are hosting Pérez Zeledón in the Primera Division only three days away.
Guápiles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). For Santos de Guápiles, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Santos de Guápiles - Herediano 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Herediano seven wins, three draws and Santos de Guápiles zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. East 21 goals |  Y. Ruiz González 9 goals | N. Rodríguez 8 goals |
Herediano missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Herediano | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 46 | 23 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| 19 | 14 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 75 | 55 | 12 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | 60 |
| 44 | 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 43 | 75 |
| 87% | 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 95% |
| 65% | 74% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | 82% |
| 43% | 61% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 70% | 60% |
| 26% | 43% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 50% | 45% |
| 20% | 35% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| 50% | 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 70% | 68% |
| 37% | 43% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 5% | 12% |
| 26% | 17% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 304 | 182 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 129 | 253 |
| 118 | 74 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 48 | 96 |
| 56% | 64% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 58% | 62% |
- Herediano has the most clean sheets (10) at home
- Herediano has the most clean sheets (17)
- Herediano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Herediano have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest clean sheets (5)
- Santos de Guápiles has the most conceded goals in the second half (46)
- Santos de Guápiles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Herediano | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Guadalupe | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Grecia | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Santos de Guápiles | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Pérez Zeledón | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 11 | Limón | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | UCR | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | -22 | 13 |