The season has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, both rise and fall giving mid-table positions so far. Gear up for Guanacasteca - Puntarenas!
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
- Puntarenas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Guanacasteca form and stats
Guanacasteca have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Primera Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The Guanacasteca coach Rodriguez and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Guadalupe (placed 9th). The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Pérez, having scored in three consecutive games.
Ahead of that match, Guanacasteca won a home game hosting Sporting San Jose (3-1).There will be little rest for Guanacasteca after this match as they are travelling to Grecia for a Primera Division game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Guanacasteca in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches.
Puntarenas form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Puntarenas have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Puntarenas, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Grecia (placed 10th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Grecia was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cartagines.Goals are few and far between in Puntarenas's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
Guanacasteca have put together a streak of 10 consecutive matches without losing (6-4-0) when facing Puntarenas.It's not the first time these sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Guanacasteca - Puntarenas 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gibbons Hidalgo 8 goals |  J. Córdoba Pérez 6 goals |  A. Hernández González 5 goals |
Guanacasteca missing players
Puntarenas missing players
| Guanacasteca | Puntarenas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 37 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 30 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 65% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 76% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 54% | 44% |
| 22% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 24% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 56% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 7.7 | 8.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.9 | 11.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| 28% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 6.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.1 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
- Guanacasteca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
- Puntarenas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Puntarenas 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 | Alajuelense | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting San Jose | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Perez Zeledon | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Herediano | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 6 | Guanacasteca | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Cartagines | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Puntarenas | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Guadalupe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Grecia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | San Carlos | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Santos de Guapiles | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
