This could be an interesting match as San Carlos have their presumed home advantage while Herediano are ahead 10 points in the Primera Division table.
It's no vacation for neither Carlos 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Herediano have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-2-5 (win-draw-loss) from nine matches.
San Carlos form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for San Carlos at their home stadium (Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Carlos are returning here after visiting UCR in a Primera Division game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Carlos lost 1-3 at home to Cartagines.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Carlos as they are travelling to their away game against Grecia in the Primera Division. That match is two days after this one.
The Carlos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Herediano form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Herediano, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Primera Division, playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. Herediano love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Herediano, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Cartagines (placed 4th) in the Primera Division last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Santos de Guapiles.
A quick return to home after this game, as Herediano are hosting Pérez Zeledón in the Primera Division only two days away.
Herediano are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). The Herediano defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 10 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Herediano - San Carlos 3-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Carlos three wins, two draws and Herediano five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ruiz González 11 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 10 goals | J. Aguilar Bustamante 10 goals |
San Carlos missing players
Herediano missing players
| San Carlos | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 24 | 48 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 75 | 40 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 82 |
| 76 | 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 46 |
| 98% | 95% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 88% |
| 82% | 73% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 67% |
| 68% | 64% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 46% |
| 48% | 50% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | 29% |
| 20% | 18% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 68% | 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 54% | 52% |
| 16% | 23% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 35% |
| 18% | 14% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 2.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 337 | 164 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 128 | 319 |
| 148 | 75 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 47 | 125 |
| 50% | 52% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 49% | 58% |
- Herediano has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Herediano has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Herediano has the most clean sheets (17)
- San Carlos has the most matches over the total-line (26)
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Herediano | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 5 | ADR Jicaral | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Guadalupe | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 23 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Grecia | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Santos de Guapiles | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -9 | 20 |
| 10 | Pérez Zeledón | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 17 |
| 11 | Limon | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | UCR | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 35 | -28 | 13 |