It's game two of the Primera Division season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Santos de Guápiles-Herediano!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alajuelense (0-1).
Santos de Guápiles salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Guadalupe, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in J. Garro equalizing.
Last season, Santos de Guápiles's league statistics were 5 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Primera Division. Over these 22 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Santos de Guápiles managed 3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 17 conceded.
Herediano form and stats
Herediano have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 191 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
A draw for Herediano before that, at their own venue hosting Alajuelense (0-0).
Let's have a look at how Herediano performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 23 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 11/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Guápiles won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and Herediano has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveSantos de Guápiles missing players
Herediano missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Santos de Guápiles | Last season | Herediano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 43 | 21 | Played | P | 26 | 52 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 22 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Drew | D | 11 | 19 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 64 | 35 | Scored | S | 27 | 86 | ||
| 80 | 33 | Conceded | C | 25 | 50 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 87% | ||
| 81% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 60% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 47% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 29% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 19% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 35% | ||
| 26% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 27% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 280 | 135 | Total Shots | T S | 139 | 353 | ||
| 100 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 130 | ||
| 64% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 59% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Guadalupe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | Grecia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Cartagines | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -2 | 35 |
| 5 | Guadalupe | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | ADR Jicaral | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Grecia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos de Guápiles | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Limon | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | UCR | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 38 | -27 | 16 |