Puntarenas have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts AD Cartagena. Prepare for the match with this Liga de Ascenso preview!
It's no vacation for neither AD Cartagena nor Puntarenas as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AD Cartagena form and stats
AD Cartagena have only played one game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from eight matches.AD Cartagena lost their last game at Aserrí after a 2-3 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Barrio México.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AD Cartagena as they are travelling to their away game against Municipal Liberia in the Liga de Ascenso. That match is four days after this one.
Early season goal statistics from AD Cartagena's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
Puntarenas form and stats
Puntarenas delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Carmelita in their previous match; a Liga de Ascenso game. Before that, Puntarenas secured a home win against Guanacasteca with the score 3-2.
A new game in only four days for Puntarenas, the Liga de Ascenso home match versus Aserrí. Busy days.
Let's have a look at how Puntarenas performed last season in the Liga de Ascenso: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 8/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: AD Cartagena won 1, Puntarenas won 4 and 5 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.AD Cartagena missing players
Puntarenas missing players
| AD Cartagena | Puntarenas | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Cartagena | Last season | Puntarenas | ||||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | 18 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | 4 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | 7 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | 7 | 9 | ||
| 68 | 38 | Scored | 21 | 61 | ||
| 45 | 19 | Conceded | 27 | 44 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 1.5 | 72% | 78% | ||
| 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 58% | ||
| 33% | 28% | Over 3.5 | 39% | 42% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 58% | 56% | BTTS | 61% | 61% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | 17% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Failed To Score | 33% | 19% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | 2 | 2 | ||
- Puntarenas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 03-04-19 | | AD Cartagena | 7 - 1 | Municipal Liberia |
| 07-04-19 | | Guanacasteca | 2 - 2 | AD Cartagena |
| 14-04-19 | | AD Cartagena | 1 - 2 | Consultants Moravia |
| 28-07-19 | | AD Cartagena | 2 - 0 | Barrio México |
| 03-08-19 | | Aserrí | 3 - 2 | AD Cartagena |
| 07-08-19 | | AD Cartagena | 00:00 | Puntarenas |
| 11-08-19 | | Municipal Liberia | 00:00 | AD Cartagena |
| 18-08-19 | | AD Cartagena | - | Santa Rosa |
| 25-08-19 | | Guanacasteca | - | AD Cartagena |
| 08-09-19 | | AD Cofutpa | - | AD Cartagena |
| 31-03-19 | | ADR Jicaral | 1 - 0 | Puntarenas |
| 04-04-19 | | Puntarenas | 1 - 2 | Santa Rosa |
| 07-04-19 | | Municipal Liberia | 2 - 3 | Puntarenas |
| 14-04-19 | | Puntarenas | 3 - 2 | Guanacasteca |
| 04-08-19 | | Puntarenas | 1 - 1 | Carmelita |
| 07-08-19 | | AD Cartagena | 00:00 | Puntarenas |
| 11-08-19 | | Puntarenas | 00:00 | Aserrí |
| 18-08-19 | | Puntarenas | - | Barrio México |
| 25-08-19 | | Municipal Liberia | - | Puntarenas |
| 01-09-19 | | Puntarenas | - | Santa Rosa |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Aserrí | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | AD Cartagena | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | AD Cofutpa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Santa Rosa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Barrio México | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Carmelita | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Puntarenas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Municipal Liberia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Guanacasteca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |