Cartaginés vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 31st, 2024

Cartaginés will be playing against Puntarenas in a Primera Division football match scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31st, 2024, at 00:00h (UTC), in Costa Rica, check the Cartaginés vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cartaginés vs Puntarenas will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio José Rafaél Fello Meza stadium, in the city of Coria del Rio, with a capacity for 5000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting at Betarena, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Cartaginés vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025

The Primera Division has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.67 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.54 goals per match played.

Cartaginés last match

Cartaginés in its last official match lost (1-0) against Deportivo Saprissa, in a match valid for Primera Division.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 5.00 were the best proof of this.

Puntarenas last match

Puntarenas appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Primera Division game, the team faced Santa Ana, and the score ended with a 1-2.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 3.60, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Cartaginés vs Puntarenas h2h

Their last Primera Division game of 2023/2024 season which took place on 11-05-2024 game ended in a staggering 1-1 draw.

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

The Cartaginés team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Puntarenas team, which has no wins recently.

Cartaginés

Primera Division leaderboard now

The Cartaginés team with 13 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Semi-finals, with a campaign of 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Which means that the team, with the same number of points, in the 8th round is followed by the Deportivo Saprissa team in 4th place.

Cartaginés analysis

After 7 rounds, Cartaginés has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 12 goals for and 5 conceded.

The Cartaginés team comes from a defeat in the Primera Division, and its coach Greivin Mora wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Cartaginés, with a ball possession of 45.71% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Puntarenas of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 1 game as the visiting team, compared to their record of 3 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws playing in their home base.

Best goalscorer from Cartaginés

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Marco Ureña. The Attacker scored 5 goals in the current season, helping Cartaginés to achieve victory in several disputes.

Puntarenas

Primera Division leaderboard now

Puntarenas arrives in this game with 2 points, and in 11th place in the Primera Division, having won 0 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 2 draws.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 8th round that the Santos de Guápiles team in 12th place.

Puntarenas analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Puntarenas, which after 7 rounds has conceded 10 but has only scored 4.

Puntarenas has been going through a rough patch in their recent matches, losing their last 4 matches and drawing the other. They will need to regroup and find a way to bounce back from this dip in form if they want to salvage their season.

Puntarenas is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

Puntarenas has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 2.43 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

The team starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 0.57 scored per game.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

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

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.9.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 3.14 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.57 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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