This is shaping up to be yet another engrossing contest at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy in the Primera Division. Puntarenas is in 7th place and welcome Cartaginés in 4th place. Read about the match here!
- Cartaginés have scored in all their away matches so far.
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.
Puntarenas form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Puntarenas at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Puntarenas in their previous game, a fixture away at Guadalupe (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league victory after failing to win six consecutive fixtures.
Preceding that match was the home game against Pérez Zeledón that was lost 1-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Puntarenas handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
There will be little rest for Puntarenas after this match as they are travelling to Grecia for a Primera Division game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Puntarenas at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Cartaginés form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Primera Division for Cartaginés with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Cartaginés's last game was the home draw against San Carlos (0-0).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Guadalupe wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.Cartaginés are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this club's 14 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Deportivo Saprissa.
Cartaginés have the goal stats of 3-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Puntarenas have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Cartaginés.The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Puntarenas - Cartaginés 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gibbons Hidalgo 8 goals | J. Montenegro Vallejo 3 goals | Y. Hernández Loría 3 goals |
Puntarenas missing players
Cartaginés missing players
| Puntarenas | Cartaginés | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 26 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 35 |
| 91% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 71% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 61% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 22% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 26% | 36% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 11.4 | 13.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 6.9 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 36% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 79% | 40% |
| 10.4 | 9.5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 9 | 10 |
| 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
- All of Cartaginés's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cartaginés have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cartaginés have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cartaginés haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting San José | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Pérez Zeledón | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Herediano | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Puntarenas | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Guanacasteca | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Santos de Guápiles | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 10 | Guadalupe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Grecia | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | San Carlos | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
