Sporting FC vs CS Herediano
Match details. Primera Division, Apertura - 14. Kick-off is Sun 1 Nov, 03:00 Lagos time. It is played at Estadio Puente de Piedra, Grecia.
What's at stake. Sporting FC are 3rd on 24 points after 13 games, level on points with CS Cartagines, 2 points clear of LD Alajuelense. A win would take them above CS Cartagines. CS Herediano are 8th on 14 points after 13 games, 4 points behind Inter San Carlos, 1 point clear of Escorpiones Belén.
Form. Sporting FC have won seven, drawn one and lost two of their last ten, 2.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D L W W. In this competition Sporting FC have gone W D L W W W. CS Herediano have won three, drawn one and lost six of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W D L L. In this competition CS Herediano have gone W W D L L W.
The numbers. Sporting FC score 2.8 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. CS Herediano score one and concede 0.8 a game in their last six away, with two clean sheets and three games without a goal.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings Sporting FC have won one, drawn three and lost six. Three of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, Sporting FC won one, one was drawn and CS Herediano won two. The last time they met, on 23 Aug 2026, it finished Sporting FC 3-0 CS Herediano.
Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: Sporting FC are the stronger side on form and the table, but both teams' records favour Sporting FC; the meetings favour CS Herediano.
The case against. CS Herediano's record still gives them 27% to win. The meetings do not back them.
The read. Sporting FC to win. A tight game. Sporting FC are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Sporting FC; the meetings favour CS Herediano. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 41%. Seven of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Sporting FC or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Sporting FC 1-0 CS Herediano (8% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).