The Liga de Ascenso season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between AD Cartagena and Municipal Liberia promises to be an interesting one.
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.
AD Cartagena form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga de Ascenso, AD Cartagena have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
The fans are hoping that AD Cartagena will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Liga de Ascenso game against Puntarenas (placed 1st). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Aserrí.
Early season league goal statistics from AD Cartagena's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Municipal Liberia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga de Ascenso travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Municipal Liberia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
There were no winners in Municipal Liberia's previous match, a Liga de Ascenso home game that ended 1-1 vs Carmelita (placed 5th). Prior to that match, the Municipal Liberia manager faced defeat when travelling to AD Cofutpa and losing 0-2.
It's early days yet, but Municipal Liberia has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the AD Cartagena - Municipal Liberia 2-3 earlier this season. Last six meetings between the teams: AD Cartagena won 3, Municipal Liberia won 2 and 1 draw. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.AD Cartagena missing players
Municipal Liberia missing players
| AD Cartagena | Municipal Liberia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 46 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 63% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 39% |
| 47% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 139 | 69 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 62 | 125 |
| 53 | 23 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 10 | 31 |
| 43% | 52% | 200% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 120% | 65% |
- AD Cartagena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of AD Cartagena's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Municipal Liberia's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Municipal Liberia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Municipal Liberia 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 | Puntarenas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Barrio Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Guanacasteca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | AD Cofutpa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Carmelita | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Aserrí | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 7 | AD Cartagena | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 8 | Santa Rosa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Municipal Liberia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |