Guanacasteca vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on November 20th, 2024

Guanacasteca will be playing against Puntarenas in a Primera Division football match scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024, at 01:00h (UTC), in Costa Rica, check the Guanacasteca vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Guanacasteca vs Puntarenas will occur

The game is set to be played 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

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Guanacasteca 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.

Guanacasteca last match

Guanacasteca arrives from a defeat in the last match they played. The contest against Herediano, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of the rivals.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 6.50 were the best proof of this.

Puntarenas last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Puntarenas faced the Cartaginés team, and the score ended in favor with a 3-2.

A win for the home team had odds of 2.55, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Guanacasteca vs Puntarenas h2h

The last time these teams met was for a Primera Division match, on 19-09-2024, referring to the 2024/2025 season, in a competitive game that ended with a 0-0 draw.

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

Guanacasteca

Primera Division leaderboard now

Considering the home team Guanacasteca, standing in 6th place with 29 points in the Primera Division competition in Costa Rica. Their performance statistics have been such as 8 wins, 6 losses and, 5 draws.

The team, has a slight disadvantage of 2 points against Cartaginés team who occupies position 5 in the 19th round.

Guanacasteca analysis

At the end of round 18 of Primera Division, Guanacasteca collected 22 goals scored and 25 goals conceded.

Guanacasteca has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 3.56 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

Guanacasteca has a ball possession percentage of 47.12% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Puntarenas and especially that the team will score more goals.

While they’ve won once as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.

Best goalscorer from Guanacasteca

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Johan Venegas. The Attacker has scored 6 times in the current season and has helped Guanacasteca come out with a positive result on several occasions.

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

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 10 times, making a total of 6 draws.

Which means that in the 19th round, the team is ahead with the same number of points over Santos de Guápiles team who is in the 12th place.

Puntarenas analysis

After round 18 of Primera Division we count 17 goals scored by Puntarenas and 27 conceded.

Recent performances have highlighted that Puntarenas is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.89 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from Puntarenas

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Michael Barrantes Rojas. He has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Puntarenas come out with a positive result on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

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 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Puntarenas is Michael Barrantes Rojas, 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.

Taking into consideration that Puntarenas scores an average of 0.78 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.93 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.33 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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