Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Santa Rosa welcomes Municipal Liberia

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Competition: Costa Rica Liga de Ascenso
Date: Sun 08.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale (1500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Santa Rosa are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 9th.

It's no vacation for neither Santa Rosa nor Municipal Liberia 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.

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Santa Rosa form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Santa Rosa's two home games in the Liga de Ascenso so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadio Comunale.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Municipal Liberia in the Liga de Ascenso last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Santa Rosa lost 1-3 at Puntarenas's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Santa Rosa matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from one game).

Early season league goal statistics from Santa Rosa's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.

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Municipal Liberia form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Liga de Ascenso for Municipal Liberia, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in Liga de Ascenso, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. Sharing is caring, but Municipal Liberia are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row. Two points from the last two away games for Municipal Liberia, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Municipal Liberia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Santa Rosa for a Liga de Ascenso game that ended a draw (1-1). A draw for Municipal Liberia before that, at their own venue hosting Barrio Mexico (1-1).

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Municipal Liberia playing away, we found four games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

1 goal so far away for Municipal Liberia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 0 - 1 (Santa Rosa wins - draws - Municipal Liberia wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Santa Rosa missing players

Municipal Liberia missing players

Santa Rosa Municipal Liberia
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played 1 3 7
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost 0 1 3
7 3 0 Scored 1 2 3
11 5 0 Conceded 1 5 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 86%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 71%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 33% 14%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 67% 0% BTTS 100% 67% 43%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 57%
 
3.7 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) 9 8 7.9
4 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 4 2.3 4
2.3 0.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 5 2.7 2.6
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 4
Key stats this season:
  • All of Municipal Liberia's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Municipal Liberia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Municipal Liberia have created more than twice as many corners as Santa Rosa.
  • Municipal Liberia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Municipal Liberia have yet to win a game.
  • Santa Rosa have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Santa Rosa have scored more than double the goals of Municipal Liberia.
  • Santa Rosa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Santa Rosa
All Paraense Liga de Ascenso
All Home Away
11-08-19 LDA Santa Rosa 1 - 4 Carmelita
18-08-19 LDA AD Cartagena 2 - 1 Santa Rosa
25-08-19 LDA Santa Rosa 1 - 0 Aserri
01-09-19 LDA Puntarenas 3 - 1 Santa Rosa
08-09-19 LDA Santa Rosa 18:00 Municipal Liberia
15-09-19 LDA Barrio Mexico 00:00 Santa Rosa
22-09-19 LDA Santa Rosa - Guanacasteca
29-09-19 LDA Santa Rosa - AD Cofutpa
06-10-19 LDA Carmelita - Santa Rosa
13-10-19 LDA Santa Rosa - AD Cartagena
Municipal Liberia
All Liga de Ascenso Primera Division
All Home Away
11-08-19 LDA Municipal Liberia 0 - 2 AD Cartagena
17-08-19 LDA Aserri 1 - 1 Municipal Liberia
25-08-19 LDA Municipal Liberia 0 - 0 Puntarenas
01-09-19 LDA Municipal Liberia 1 - 1 Barrio Mexico
08-09-19 LDA Santa Rosa 18:00 Municipal Liberia
15-09-19 LDA Municipal Liberia 00:00 Guanacasteca
25-09-19 LDA AD Cofutpa - Municipal Liberia
29-09-19 LDA Municipal Liberia - Carmelita
06-10-19 LDA AD Cartagena - Municipal Liberia
13-10-19 LDA Municipal Liberia - Aserri

  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 Carmelita 7 4 2 1 16 9 5 3 1 1 11 7 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 14
2 AD Cartagena 6 4 0 2 10 6 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 12
3 Puntarenas 8 3 3 2 13 10 5 3 2 0 13 5 3 0 1 2 0 5 3 12
4 AD Cofutpa 6 3 2 1 10 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 11
5 Aserrí 7 3 2 2 12 9 4 3 1 0 10 4 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 11
6 Santa Rosa 6 2 1 3 6 10 2 1 0 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 6 -4 7
7 Barrio México 7 2 1 4 7 13 2 1 0 1 4 4 5 1 1 3 3 9 -6 7
8 Guanacasteca 7 1 2 4 10 15 2 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 9 13 -5 5
9 Municipal Liberia 6 0 3 3 2 8 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 -6 3

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