Match Report
29 points separated the sides: Herediano 2nd on 44, Grecia 11th on 15. Grecia had been under-performing their position — 21st on five-round form against 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Herediano were scoring 1.55 and conceding 0.77, Grecia 0.82 and 1.41, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Herediano arrived off three straight defeats.
8 meetings are on record — 5 won by Herediano, 1 by Grecia, 2 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The venue was Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero in Heredia, with room for 8,700 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Grecia led 3-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-3.