Alajuelense vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on November 23rd, 2024

Alajuelense and Puntarenas going to face each other on November 23rd, 2024, Saturday at 02:00h (UTC), in a game counting for the Primera Division in Costa Rica, check the Alajuelense vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Alajuelense vs Puntarenas will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto stadium, in the city of Alajuela, with a capacity for 17895 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Alajuelense vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Primera Division has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.73 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Alajuelense last match

Alajuelense comes from a win in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Herediano, in a match valid for Primera Division, and the match ended 2-0.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 1.95, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Puntarenas last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Puntarenas faced the Guanacasteca team, and the score ended with a 2-1 for their rivals.

The odds for their win, 4.10 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

Alajuelense vs Puntarenas h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Primera Division match, on 12-09-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Alajuelense team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Puntarenas team, which won only 2 games.

Alajuelense

Primera Division leaderboard now

The Alajuelense team with 43 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final, with a campaign of 12 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss.

Which means that in the 21st round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 8 points over San Carlos team who is in the 2nd place.

Alajuelense analysis

After 20 matches, Alajuelense shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 33 goals and conceded 17.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Alajuelense team usually tries for an average ball possession of 56.6% to control the game.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 7 wins, 0 losses and, 3 draws compared to the 5 games they won as the visiting team.

Alajuelense has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 33 times with 2090 attacks, while Puntarenas has only scored 18 times with 1717 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Alajuelense

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Jonathan Moya Aguilar so far in the competition. With 6 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Alajuelense to achieve victorious results this season.

Puntarenas

Primera Division leaderboard now

Puntarenas arrives in this game with 15 points, and in 11th place in the Primera Division, having won 3 games in total and lost 11 times, making a total of 6 draws.

This means that in the 21st round, the Santos de Guápiles team is closing in at 12th place, with the same number of points.

Puntarenas analysis

After round 20 of Primera Division we count 18 goals scored by Puntarenas and 29 conceded.

Recent performances have shown that Puntarenas is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.9 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from Puntarenas

Anthony William Hernández González has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Puntarenas to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Alajuelense is Jonathan Moya Aguilar, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Puntarenas is Anthony William Hernández González, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

The under 2.5 goals market can also be a good alternative since Puntarenas scores an average of 0.8 goals per match when playing away from home, and considering that often does not suffer when playing away, it will be a betting market to explore.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 5.68 corners.

Alajuelense is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.1 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Alajuelense in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.65 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

Both teams have the same number of red cards in the season, in this case 3. A market to evaluate to get some return on your bets!

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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