Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Deportivo Saprissa & Herediano face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Supercopa. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that Herediano play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Herediano on artifical turf are 4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 9-7. You can compare this with overall results below.
Deportivo Saprissa form and stats
A nice win for Saprissa last time playing, versus Alajuelense. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Paradela, East and Molina scoring for the victors.
A Primera Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Alajuelense.Herediano form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.
Two away games in a row for Herediano, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Deportivo Saprissa.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Deportivo Saprissa.Herediano find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Herediano rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Saprissa won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Herediano managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Fuller Spence 1 goals |  A. Contreras Enríquez 1 goals |
Deportivo Saprissa missing players
Herediano missing players
| Deportivo Saprissa | Herediano | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 14.8 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 41 |
| 3 | Cartagines | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Herediano | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Sporting San Jose | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | San Carlos | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Santos de Guapiles | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 12 | Grecia | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -24 | 16 |
