Puntarenas have some lost ground to recover from their 9th place, and the first chance is against Guanacasteca. Read more!
- Puntarenas have the fewest scored goals (17) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in Primera Division
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.
Puntarenas form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Puntarenas have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy in the Primera Division.
A nice win for Puntarenas last time playing, versus Grecia. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Quíros, Loría and González scoring for the victors. At last, a league win after three fixtures without.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Cartagines.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 17 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 6.
The manager Mora will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sporting San Jose in only three days.
The Puntarenas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Guanacasteca form and stats
Guanacasteca have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-2-6 (9 played). Bitter travels for Guanacasteca as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Grecia match.
Castrillo and Víquez scored in Guanacasteca's previous match, the home game against Guadalupe that ended 2-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sporting San Jose's place.We have checked recent matches where Guanacasteca have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Guanacasteca, the Primera Division home match versus Grecia. Busy days.
The attacking power of Guanacasteca when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Guanacasteca's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Guanacasteca have put together a sequence of 11 consecutive games without defeat (6-5-0) when facing Puntarenas.The most up to date logged match featuring both these contenders is the Guanacasteca - Puntarenas 1-1 played not long ago this season. The referee brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the recipient was Sancho (Puntarenas).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gibbons Hidalgo 10 goals |  J. Córdoba Pérez 10 goals |  A. Hernández González 7 goals |
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| Puntarenas | Guanacasteca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 40 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 31 |
| 43 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 34 | 52 |
| 94% | 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 65% | 71% |
| 44% | 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 41% | 41% |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 24% | 24% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | 15% |
| 53% | 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 41% | 47% |
| 22% | 39% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 31% | 28% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 47% | 35% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 12.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 39% | 64% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 22% | 33% |
| 10.7 | 10.2 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.8 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | 3.4 |
- Guanacasteca have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Guanacasteca have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in Primera Division
- Guanacasteca haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Puntarenas have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guanacasteca have scored away.
- Puntarenas have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Primera Division
- Puntarenas have the fewest scored goals (17) in Primera Division
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Cartagines | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting San Jose | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Herediano | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Santos de Guapiles | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | San Carlos | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Puntarenas | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Pérez Zeledón | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 11 | Grecia | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -18 | 14 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -15 | 13 |
