It's a fresh beginning in Primera Division - the first match of the season. Read the full guide and see how Puntarenas and Santos de Guápiles did in their pre-season matches!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Puntarenas and Santos de Guápiles.
Puntarenas form and stats
Last season, Puntarenas's league stats were 5 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 10th spot in the Primera Division. During these 22 matches they scored {21 goals} and gave away 33. Playing as the home side in the previous season Puntarenas delivered 4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 13 conceded.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Puntarenas handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Let's have a look at how Santos de Guápiles performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 12/16 goals scored/conceded.
Santos de Guápiles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Puntarenas wins - draws - Santos de Guápiles wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Puntarenas missing players
Santos de Guápiles missing players
| Puntarenas | Santos de Guápiles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Puntarenas | Last season | Santos de Guápiles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 52 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 61 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 79% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 47% | ||
| 22% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 2% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 61% | ||
| 20% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 16% | ||
| 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 29% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 12 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 10 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 40% | 66% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 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 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 32 | 50 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 29 | 41 |
| 3 | Cartagines | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Herediano | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Sporting San Jose | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | San Carlos | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Guanacasteca | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 24 |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Guadalupe | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 12 | Grecia | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 31 | -24 | 16 |
