Liga de Ascenso preview: Can Puntarenas edge out victory against Santa Rosa?

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Competition: Costa Rica Liga de Ascenso
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy (4105 seats)

Puntarenas welcome Santa Rosa for another interesting Liga de Ascenso fixture here at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Puntarenas form and stats

Puntarenas have less points than they have played home games in the Liga de Ascenso so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Puntarenas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost three.

Early season league goal statistics from Puntarenas's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Santa Rosa form and stats

Santa Rosa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

Let's have a look at how Santa Rosa performed last season in the Liga de Ascenso: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 7/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Puntarenas three wins, three draws and Santa Rosa four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Puntarenas missing players

Santa Rosa missing players

Puntarenas Santa Rosa
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 2 0 Played P 1 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 1 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
50% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4 0 Total Shots T S 7 7 7
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 1 1 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 100%
Puntarenas Last season Santa Rosa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   14 29
10 8   Won W   1 3
9 4   Drew D   6 13
11 3   Lost L   7 13
45 33   Scored S   13 28
36 17   Conceded C   23 44
87% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
77% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   93% 83%
57% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 45%
30% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 14%
13% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
53% 67%   BTTS BTTS   79% 76%
33% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 14%
27% 0%   Failed to Score F T   14% 17%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.5 2.5
4 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
221 146   Total Shots T S   77 130
79 57   Shots on Target S O   33 54
53% 58%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 46%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guanacasteca 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
2 Municipal Liberia 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
3 UCR 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
4 Puntarenas 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Puma Generalena 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
Last season 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 12 6 4 2 19 10 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 2 3 1 8 5 9 22
2 Guanacasteca 11 6 3 2 18 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 3 1 1 9 7 5 21
3 Barrio Mexico 11 4 6 1 20 13 6 4 2 0 13 5 5 0 4 1 7 8 7 18
4 Carmelita 12 4 5 3 14 16 5 3 2 0 9 6 7 1 3 3 5 10 -2 17
5 AD Cartagena 12 3 7 2 23 19 6 1 4 1 8 7 6 2 3 1 15 12 4 16
6 AD Cofutpa 12 4 4 4 10 11 7 2 3 2 7 8 5 2 1 2 3 3 -1 16
7 Aserri 12 2 5 5 12 17 5 1 3 1 7 8 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 11
8 Santa Rosa 11 0 7 4 11 16 6 0 4 2 6 8 5 0 3 2 5 8 -5 7
9 Municipal Liberia 11 1 3 7 11 23 5 1 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 5 14 -12 6