Guanacasteca vs Cartaginés betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 10th, 2024

Guanacasteca and Cartaginés are scheduled to play against each other on August 10th, 2024, Saturday at 23:00h (UTC), in a Primera Division match to be held in Costa Rica, check the Guanacasteca vs Cartaginés betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Guanacasteca vs Cartaginés will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio Chorotega stadium, in the city of Nicoya, with a capacity for 4105 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Guanacasteca vs Cartaginés 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 2.48 goals per match played.

Guanacasteca last match

Guanacasteca arrives from a draw in the last match they played. The contest against Sporting San José, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a score of 0-0.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.30.

Cartaginés 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, Cartaginés faced the Alajuelense team, and the score ended with a 0-1 for their rivals.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 1.83, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Guanacasteca vs Cartaginés h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 28-02-2024. The match was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the Primera Division, and it ended with a 1-0 win for Guanacasteca.

The last match between these two clubs was a seesaw battle to the end.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

Guanacasteca

Primera Division leaderboard now

Guanacasteca joins this game with 4 points, having lost 2 games, winning only 1, and scoring 1 draw. The team ranks in 8th place in the Primera Division and suffers from a negative balance.

In the 5th round the team ranks over the Pérez Zeledón team with an advantage of 1 point which is just below the scoreboard in position 9, and with 1 point less than Municipal Liberia team that is in the 7th place.

Guanacasteca will try to use the home factor as an advantage to get a win. This, despite being in the middle of the league table in the Costa Rica Primera Division and having no high aspirations or relegation concerns.

Guanacasteca analysis

Guanacasteca at the end of round 4 in Primera Division had 5 goals scored and 6 conceded.

The average ball possession of Guanacasteca in this league is 46.67%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Cartaginés they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Best goalscorer from Guanacasteca

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Johan Venegas. The Attacker has scored 3 times in this competition and helped Guanacasteca avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

Cartaginés

Primera Division leaderboard now

The Cartaginés team with 7 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Semi-finals, with a campaign of 2 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

Which means that in the 5th round, the team has, the same score that the Deportivo Saprissa team who is in the position 4.

Cartaginés analysis

After round 4 of Primera Division we count 6 goals scored by Cartaginés and 2 conceded.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Primera Division.

Cartaginés is a more offensive team than Guanacasteca, having 319 attacks vs. 265 from Guanacasteca, having scored 6 times, in comparison, Guanacasteca converted into goal 5 times.

Best goalscorer from Cartaginés

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Marco Ureña is the player to highlight. Helping Cartaginés with 3 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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 Guanacasteca is Johan Venegas, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Cartaginés is Marco Ureña, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Cartaginés has conceded 0 away goals in 1 away match. Here the recommended bet will be that Cartaginés will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 1-0, something to take into consideration.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Guanacasteca 2 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Cartaginés 0 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.67.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 3.79 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.25 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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

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