Santa Ana vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on November 03th, 2024

Santa Ana and Puntarenas will on Sunday, November 03th, 2024 at 17:00h (UTC), play in a Primera Division football game in Costa Rica, check the Santa Ana vs Puntarenas betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santa Ana vs Puntarenas will occur

The game will be played in the small Estadio de Piedades stadium, in the city of Santa Ana, with a capacity for 3000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Santa Ana 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 2.75 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Santa Ana last match

Santa Ana in its last official match lost (2-1) against Pérez Zeledón, in a match valid for Primera Division.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.05, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

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 Santos de Guápiles team, and the score ended in favor with a 1-0.

A win for the home team had odds of 1.90, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Santa Ana vs Puntarenas h2h

The two teams have not faced each other since 25-08-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Primera Division, and the match ended with a 1-2 win for Santa Ana.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

Santa Ana

Primera Division leaderboard now

Santa Ana joins this game with 16 points, having lost 9 games, winning only 4, and scoring 4 draws. The team ranks in 10th place in the Primera Division and suffers from a negative balance.

In the 18th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 3 points against Pérez Zeledón team who occupies position 9.

Santa Ana will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win despite being ranked in the middle of the league table in the Costa Rica Primera Division and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns.

Santa Ana analysis

Santa Ana at the end of round 17 in Primera Division had 18 goals scored and 32 conceded.

The Santa Ana team comes from a defeat in the Primera Division, and its coach Cristian Alberto Oviedo Calvo wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

The average number of shots towards goal for Santa Ana is not among the best, with only 4.41 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

With an average ball possession of 48.24% per game in the current league, Santa Ana cannot call itself a team that holds the game in its hands, rather it prefers the counterattacking strategy. But if they want to try to win the game against Puntarenas they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

Santa Ana is a more offensive team than Puntarenas, having 1592 attacks vs. 1433 from Puntarenas, having scored 18 times. In comparison, Puntarenas converted into goal 13 times.

Best goalscorer from Santa Ana

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Jonathan Martínez Solano. The Midfielder has already scored 3 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Santa Ana, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Puntarenas

Primera Division leaderboard now

Puntarenas arrives in this game with 11 points, and in 11th place in the Primera Division, having won twice in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Which means that in the 18th round, the team has, over Santos de Guápiles team who is in the position 12, 3 points in advantage.

Puntarenas analysis

Puntarenas counted 13 goals scored and 24 conceded at the end of Primera Division day number 17.

It seems that Puntarenas is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into 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 0.76 scored per game.

Best goalscorer from Puntarenas

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Michael Barrantes Rojas. The Midfielder has scored 3 times in this competition and helped Puntarenas avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

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

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Santa Ana is Jonathan Martínez Solano, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Puntarenas is Michael Barrantes Rojas, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Since Puntarenas has an average of 0.75 goals per game when playing away from home, and they often do not concede goals away from home, the under 2.5 goals can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.7.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 5.36 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.76 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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