Puntarenas FC vs Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
Match details. Primera Division, Apertura - 10. Kick-off is Sun 11 Oct, 00:00 Lagos time. It is played at Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Angel Lito Perez Treacy.
What's at stake. Puntarenas FC are 7th on 11 points after 9 games, 3 points behind Inter San Carlos, 3 points clear of Perez Zeledon. A win would take them level on points with Inter San Carlos. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense are 5th on 14 points after 9 games, 1 point behind San Carlos, level on points with Inter San Carlos. A win would take them above San Carlos.
Form. Puntarenas FC have won three, drawn three and lost three of their last nine, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D L W W. In this competition Puntarenas FC have gone W D L W W L. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense have won four, drawn two and lost three of their last nine, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L D L. In this competition Liga Deportiva Alajuelense have gone W L L D L W.
The numbers. Puntarenas FC score 0.8 and concede 1.2 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense score 1.7 and concede 1.1 a game over their last nine, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal.
Head to head. In the last nine meetings Puntarenas FC have won one, drawn four and lost four. Three of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, Puntarenas FC won one, one was drawn and Liga Deportiva Alajuelense won two. The last time they met, on 15 Aug 2026, it finished Puntarenas FC 1-2 Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.
The case against. Puntarenas FC's record still gives them 31% to win.
The read. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense to win. A tight game. Their goals for and against make Liga Deportiva Alajuelense the likelier winners; Liga Deportiva Alajuelense are the stronger side on form and the table; the meetings favour Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 42%. Six of the last nine meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Liga Deportiva Alajuelense or Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Puntarenas FC 0-1 Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (11% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).