Pérez Zeledón vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 18th, 2024

Pérez Zeledón and Puntarenas will play on Sunday, August 18th, 2024, at 22:00h (UTC), in a Primera Division game to be held in Costa Rica, check the Pérez Zeledón vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Pérez Zeledón vs Puntarenas will occur

The game will be played in the small Estadio Municipal Keylor Navas Gamboa stadium, in the city of San Isidro de El General, with a capacity for 6000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Pérez Zeledón 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 2.72 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Pérez Zeledón last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Pérez Zeledón team. On that occasion they met Alajuelense for the Primera Division, and the match ended 2-1.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 12.00 were a sign of it.

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 Sporting San José, and the score ended with a 1-2.

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.25, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Pérez Zeledón vs Puntarenas h2h

The last time these teams met was in a Primera Division themed match that took place on the 17-04-2024 during the 2023/2024 football season, it ended in a 0-0 draw, a competitive one it was.

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

Pérez Zeledón

Primera Division leaderboard now

Pérez Zeledón comes into this game ranking in 9th place in the Primera Division. The team has scored 3 points, 0 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws. However, this is a negative balance.

In the 6th round, the team is having an 1 point advantage over the Puntarenas team, which is placed just below in 10th place. It also has 1 point less than Guanacasteca team that is in the 8th place.

Positioned in the middle of the league table in the Costa Rica Primera Division without high aspirations or relegation concerns, the Pérez Zeledón will try to benefit of the home factor to get a win.

Pérez Zeledón analysis

The goal difference is not positive for Pérez Zeledón: at the end of the round 5 it registers 4 goals scored against 7 taken by its goalkeeper.

It appears that Pérez Zeledón is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

An average of 4.4 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Pérez Zeledón, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

Pérez Zeledón is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 46.2%. In the next match against Puntarenas a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Pérez Zeledón will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

While Puntarenas has only managed to convert 3 of their 348 attacks into goals, Pérez Zeledón has been much more successful with 423 attacks and 4 goals.

Best goalscorer from Pérez Zeledón

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Jonatan Morán. The Attacker has scored 2 times in this competition and helped Pérez Zeledón avoiding adverse outcomes 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 2 points, and in 10th place in the Primera Division, having won 0 games in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 2 draws.

This means that Santos de Guápiles team, in 11th place, is close behind in the 6th round with the same number of points.

Puntarenas analysis

After round 5 of Primera Division we count 3 goals scored by Puntarenas and 7 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 team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 0.6 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Pérez Zeledón 0 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Puntarenas 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 1.75.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4.5 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Pérez Zeledón 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 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Pérez Zeledón in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.4 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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