National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Puntarenas or Carmelita that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Puntarenas and Carmelita.
Puntarenas form and stats
Puntarenas was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Copa Costa Rica. Herediano was too strong.The Puntarenas club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy: A 2-4 defeat against Deportivo Saprissa. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A Primera Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cartagines.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Puntarenas handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Herediano are coming to town in three days.
Carmelita form and stats
Four points from two away games for Carmelita, meaning one draw and one victory in the Liga de Ascenso so far.
Carmelita's previous game was their home loss versus Quepos Cambute (1-2).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Marineros de Puntarenas at their stadium, the result 3-0.We have checked recent matches where Carmelita have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 5 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Carmelita are hosting AD Cofutpa in the Liga de Ascenso only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Carmelita has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Puntarenas won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Carmelita have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Franco Zamora 1 goals |  M. Gutiérrez Vega 1 goals |
Puntarenas missing players
Carmelita missing players
| Puntarenas | Carmelita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 17 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 46% | 77% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 50% | ||
| 10.7 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ADR Jicaral | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Quepos Cambute | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Carmelita | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Antioquia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Marineros de Puntarenas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 6 | AD Cofutpa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | AD Sarchi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Jaco Rays | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Puma Generalena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Puerto Golfito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -12 | 0 |
