Match Report
13 points and 5 places separated them: Puntarenas 7th with 21, Deportivo Saprissa 2nd with 34. Recent form told a different story for Puntarenas: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th.
Puntarenas were winless in 8. Over the last five, Puntarenas had taken 1 of 15 points to Deportivo Saprissa's 10.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Puntarenas, 2 draws and 7 for Deportivo Saprissa, at 3.64 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 36% of those meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 82% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 73%. Recent meetings have been cagier — 2.8 goals per game across the last five against 3.64 historically.
Goal scorers
Puntarenas: Doryan Rodríguez (50') · Deportivo Saprissa: Bancy Hernández (45'), Tomás Rodríguez (63'), Mariano Nestor Torres (87')
Key stats
Possession: Puntarenas 54% · Deportivo Saprissa 46% · Total shots: 5-12 · On target: 3-6 · Corners: 3-7