Match Report
10 points and 5 places separated them: Puntarenas 6th with 8, Deportivo Saprissa 1st with 18. Per game in the league, Puntarenas were scoring 1 and conceding 1.17, Deportivo Saprissa 2.29 and 0.86, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Puntarenas's winless run stood at 11, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Puntarenas against 12/15 for Deportivo Saprissa.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Puntarenas, 2 draws and 8 for Deportivo Saprissa, at 3.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy, with room for 1,800 spectators. The referee was C. Ramírez, with 6 matches in our database and 0.0 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Deportivo Saprissa led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Saprissa: Jefferson Brenes (36'), Jefferson Brenes (74')
Key stats
Possession: Puntarenas 59% · Deportivo Saprissa 41% · Total shots: 3-11 · On target: 0-6 · Corners: 4-4