Santos de Guápiles vs San Carlos betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 17th, 2024

Santos de Guápiles and San Carlos will on Saturday, August 17th, 2024 at 00:00h (UTC), play in a Primera Division football game in Costa Rica, check the Santos de Guápiles vs San Carlos betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Santos de Guápiles vs San Carlos will occur

The game takes place in the small Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar stadium, in the city of Guapiles, with a capacity for 4500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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

Introduction to the Santos de Guápiles vs San Carlos 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.

Santos de Guápiles last match

In the last match they played, Santos de Guápiles collected a defeat. The opposing team was Municipal Liberia, and the match - which ended with the result of 4-0 - was valid for Primera Division.

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 6.50 were a sign of it.

San Carlos 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, San Carlos faced the Santa Ana team, and the score ended in favor with a 5-1.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds 1.53.

Santos de Guápiles vs San Carlos h2h

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 28-02-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the Primera Division, which ended with a 4-0 win for San Carlos.

The San Carlos team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 1 win, compared to the Santos de Guápiles team, which has no wins recently.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While San Carlos thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Santa Ana, Santos de Guápiles lost in a match against Municipal Liberia. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

Santos de Guápiles

Primera Division leaderboard now

Ranking in 11th place in the Primera Division, Santos de Guápiles enters this match with 2 points, 0 wins, 3 losses, 2 draws. What’s more, it is saddled with a negative balance.

The team, in the 6th round, has the same score that the Santa Ana team in position 12, and the same number of points that of Puntarenas team that is placed in 10th place.

Santos de Guápiles positioned in the middle of the league table in the Costa Rica Primera Division without high expectations, or relegation concerns will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win.

Santos de Guápiles analysis

Santos de Guápiles after 5 matchdays have scored 5 goals and conceded 11 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

It appears that Santos de Guápiles 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.

With an average ball possession of 46.6% per game in the current league, Santos de Guápiles 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 San Carlos they must try to impose their game to create difficulties for their opponents.

San Carlos

Primera Division leaderboard now

The San Carlos team with 8 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Semi-finals, with a campaign of 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 6th round that the Municipal Liberia team in 5th place.

San Carlos analysis

San Carlos goal quotient is definitely positive, with 6 down scored and 3 conceded after 5 rounds played.

As we approach the Apertura, San Carlos is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.75 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

This is a top 5 team in the Primera Division that wants to keep up with the good performances!

With San Carlos having a balance of 1 win, 0 losses, and 1 draw when playing away in the Primera Division, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

San Carlos is a more offensive team than Santos de Guápiles, having 388 attacks vs. 378 from Santos de Guápiles, having scored 6 times, in comparison, Santos de Guápiles converted into goal 5 times.

Best goalscorer from San Carlos

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning J. Rodríguez Chiroledes. The Midfielder has already scored 2 goals in the competition, being extremely important for San Carlos, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

San Carlos has conceded 0 away goals in 2 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that San Carlos will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 4-0, 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.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Santos de Guápiles 1.5 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team San Carlos 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 2.15.

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 3.55 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 2.8 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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