Concacaf Central American Cup betting and spectator preview: Herediano and Real España meet at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Real España have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Little time to rest for the home side, as they played a Primera Division game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Guanacasteca, was also a home game here at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica. The away team is better rested.
Herediano form and stats
The Herediano crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Guanacasteca here at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.
A win at home before that, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Aguila and won 2-0. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Herediano home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Madriz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Puntarenas in only four days.
Real España form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real España in their Liga Nacional matches away.
The club members enjoyed Real España's previous match versus UPNFM, a 2-1 win played at home. The end of the last match, against UPNFM, was very satisfying as Aceituno scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that match, the Real España manager Cristóbal faced defeat when travelling to Olimpia and losing 0-4.España have another fixture away in just three days, a Liga Nacional fixture versus Marathon. A gruelling timetable for the visitors!
{0 goals} so far away for Real España, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Herediano zero wins, one draw and Real España one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Rocca 6 goals |   K. Fuller Spence 1 goals | G. Montes Escobar 1 goals |
Herediano missing players
Real España missing players
| Herediano | Real España | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 12 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Diriangen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Real España | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Aguila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Comunicaciones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Diriangen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Real España | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Aguila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olancho | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Real España | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 4 | Motagua | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Genesis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | UPNFM | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Marathon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Victoria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Vida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
