After the first set of fixtures it's Cartaginés - Puntarenas 0-3 in points. Who will prevail in this second Primera Division fixture of the season?
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cartaginés form and stats
The previous season, Cartaginés's league results were 10 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, ending with 5th spot in the Primera Division. In these 22 matches they scored 30 goals and gave away 28. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Cartaginés generated 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 8 conceded. Cartaginés have played 1 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Cartaginés's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Grecia (placed 2nd).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Alajuelense (after extra-time) that finished 1-1.Early season league goal statistics from Cartaginés's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Puntarenas form and stats
Puntarenas won their last game, 3-0 versus San Carlos played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Carmelita.Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Cartaginés, three draws and three wins for Puntarenas. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Cartaginés missing players
Puntarenas missing players
| Cartaginés | Puntarenas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 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% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cartaginés | Last season | Puntarenas | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 50 | 25 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Won | W | 16 | 29 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 80 | 44 | Scored | S | 40 | 86 | ||
| 67 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 78% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 56% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 34% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 60% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 42% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 49% | ||
| 9.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pérez Zeledón | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Grecia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Cartaginés | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | San Carlos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
