Santos de Guápiles vs Alajuelense betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on October 06th, 2024

Santos de Guápiles and Alajuelense will be playing against each other on Sunday, October 06th, 2024, at 21:00h (UTC), in a Primera Division football game in Costa Rica, check the Santos de Guápiles vs Alajuelense betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santos de Guápiles vs Alajuelense will occur

The game will be played in the small Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar stadium, in the city of Guapiles, with a capacity for 4500 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 Santos de Guápiles vs Alajuelense 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 2.62 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Santos de Guápiles last match

Santos de Guápiles is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Municipal Liberia in a match valid for Primera Division, and the match ended 0-1.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.50, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Alajuelense last match

On the other hand, the visiting team appears in this match after drawing in the previous game. In a confrontation valid for Primera Division, Alajuelense faced the Pérez Zeledón team, and the score ended with a 2-2 draw.

Considering the high odds of winning the match, a draw (odd 3.30) turned out to be a bad result.

Santos de Guápiles vs Alajuelense h2h

It was on 22-07-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 2-1 win for Alajuelense, was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Primera Division.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The Alajuelense team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Santos de Guápiles its counterpart.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Santos de Guápiles

Primera Division leaderboard now

Santos de Guápiles comes into this game ranking in 12th place in the Primera Division. The team has scored 5 points, 0 wins, 7 losses and 5 draws. However, this is a negative balance.

The team has no advantage against the Puntarenas team who holds the 11th place in the 14th round.

Santos de Guápiles analysis

Santos de Guápiles have a negative goal difference, having after 13 rounds conceded 26 goals to opponents and scored 13. An average to improve.

The average ball possession of Santos de Guápiles in this league is 48.08%, 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 Alajuelense 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 Santos de Guápiles

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Juan Madrigal Espinoza. The Defender has already scored 4 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Santos de Guápiles, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 3 of the 4 goals scored have this characteristic.

Alajuelense

Primera Division leaderboard now

The Alajuelense team with 26 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final, with a campaign of 7 wins, 5 draws, and 0 losses.

Alajuelense analysis

Alajuelense after 13 days has put up 19 goals scored, and taken 9, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

As we approach the Apertura, Alajuelense is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.17 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

Alajuelense is always a candidate for the title, the first position it occupies in the Primera Division proves that.

Ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents. For this reason, the Alajuelense team usually goes for an average ball possession of 59.18% to try to control the game.

Chances of winning against Alajuelense who playing away has a balance of 3 wins, 0 losses, and 3 draws in the Primera Division, are very slim.

Alajuelense is a more offensive team than Santos de Guápiles, having 1356 attacks vs. 900 from Santos de Guápiles, having scored 19 times, in comparison, Santos de Guápiles converted into goal 13 times.

Best goalscorer from Alajuelense

Jonathan Moya Aguilar has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Alajuelense to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Interesting Match Facts:

With Alajuelense boasting an unbeaten record in their recent encounters against Santos de Guápiles, all eyes are on them to maintain their dominance on the field.

For bettors some entries may be interesting 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 Santos de Guápiles is Juan Madrigal Espinoza, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Alajuelense is Jonathan Moya Aguilar, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Alajuelense has conceded 4 away goals in 6 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Alajuelense will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 2-1, something to take into consideration.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

The option of betting under 2.5 goals is also compelling since Alajuelense has an average of 1.17 goals per game as a visitor and often not suffers goals playing away from home, making this a market to explore.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 5.16 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Alajuelense 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 7 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Alajuelense in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 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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