Santa Ana vs Deportivo Saprissa betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 16th, 2024

Santa Ana will be playing against Deportivo Saprissa in a Primera Division football match scheduled to take place on Friday, August 16th, 2024, at 02:00h (UTC), in Costa Rica, check the Santa Ana vs Deportivo Saprissa betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santa Ana vs Deportivo Saprissa will occur

The game will be played in the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica stadium, in the city of San Jose, with a capacity for 35100 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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 Santa Ana vs Deportivo Saprissa 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.

Santa Ana last match

Santa Ana is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced San Carlos in a match valid for Primera Division, and the match ended 5-1.

The odds for them to win, of 5.25 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

Deportivo Saprissa last match

Deportivo Saprissa 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 Herediano, and the score ended with a 2-0.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 2.80.

Santa Ana vs Deportivo Saprissa h2h

Regarding previous matches between the two teams, we can see that this will be the first time Santa Ana and Deportivo Saprissa will play against each other.

The performance of the Deportivo Saprissa team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Santa Ana team.

Santa Ana

Primera Division leaderboard now

With 2 points, 0 wins, 3 losses 2 draws, and a negative balance, Santa Ana enters this game in 12th place in the Primera Division.

The team has no advantage against the Santos de Guápiles team who holds the 11th place in the 6th round.

Santa Ana analysis

Santa Ana have a negative goal difference, having after 5 rounds conceded 13 goals to opponents and scored 3. An average to improve.

Santa Ana is going through a rough patch in their form, having lost their last 3 matches and drawing the other 2. They need to regroup and find a way to get back to winning ways if they want to stay competitive in the league.

It appears that Santa Ana 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.

his ball possession percentage is 48.6% in this tournament, which is why the team shows rather a waiting game than an offensive one. Fans fear that this could pose a problem in scoring in the next match against Deportivo Saprissa and would like a more aggressive attitude with more goals from their favorites.

Deportivo Saprissa

Primera Division leaderboard now

Deportivo Saprissa arrives in this game with 7 points, and in 7th place in the Primera Division, having won twice in total and lost 2 times, making a total of 1 draw.

In the 6th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point compared to the Herediano team which is just above, in 6th place.

Deportivo Saprissa analysis

Deportivo Saprissa, with 9 goals scored and 10 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 5 rounds.

As we approach the Apertura, Deportivo Saprissa is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 3.8 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

Deportivo Saprissa is a more offensive team than Santa Ana, having 463 attacks vs. 459 from Santa Ana, having scored 9 times, in comparison, Santa Ana converted into goal 3 times.

Best goalscorer from Deportivo Saprissa

Mariano Torres has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 2 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading Deportivo Saprissa 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

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.

Taking into consideration that Deportivo Saprissa scores an average of 1.33 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.

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

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.8 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.2 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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