It's only the second fixture in the Primera Division for these squads. And fresh bodies and minds here at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy as Puntarenas greet Santos de Guápiles. Check out this preview!
- Santos de Guápiles have yet to win a game away.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an energetic match!
Puntarenas form and stats
Puntarenas travelled for their previous game, a trip to San Carlos that ended 1-1.
Preceding that game, a home defeat in the Copa Costa Rica against Herediano.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Puntarenas as they are travelling to their away game against Deportivo Saprissa in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Let's have a look at how Santos de Guápiles performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 20/16 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Alajuelense with 1-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Alajuelense was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home vs Deportivo Saprissa in the Copa Costa Rica.
The schedule is very tough for Santos de Guápiles now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Cartaginés is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Puntarenas have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against Santos de Guápiles.Puntarenas and Santos de Guápiles have played each other previously this season: Puntarenas - Santos de Guápiles 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gibbons Hidalgo 8 goals |  S. Matarrita González 8 goals | J. Montenegro Vallejo 3 goals |
Puntarenas missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Puntarenas | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 34 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 63% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 65% |
| 21% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 26% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.6 | 8.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 35% | 53% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 9.3 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12.6 | 13.2 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
- Santos de Guápiles have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Santos de Guápiles have yet to win a game away.
- Santos de Guápiles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | San Carlos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Puntarenas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Grecia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Guadalupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Guanacasteca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
