This season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, loss and gain resulting in mid-table spots so far. Get ready for Santa Cruz - Independiente Petrolero!
- Santa Cruz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Liga De Futbol Prof
- Independiente Petrolero have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Liga De Futbol Prof
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Santa Cruz form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Liga De Futbol Prof games here at Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas for Santa Cruz. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat The Strongest here at Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas, Santa Cruz has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
In their previous game, the manager Abrigo led his Santa Cruz to a defeat away at Universitario de Vinto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas.
Before that, Santa had a home game versus Nacional Potosi which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Santa Cruz have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Santa Cruz have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Ramón Aguilera Costas with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Santa have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Independiente Petrolero form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Independiente Petrolero playing as the away team in the Liga De Futbol Prof this season. Independiente Petrolero have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Independiente Petrolero have lots to to set right after their unexpected loss (0-3) to Real Tomayapo in their previous game, played at their own home ground. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.
Prior to that result Independiente Petrolero won their away game at Municipal Vinto. The scoreline was 1-0.Independiente are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Highlight this: 10 of the latest 12 league fixtures featuring this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Santa Cruz one win, zero draws and Independiente Petrolero two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. González 8 goals | J. Jean 4 goals |  A. Santos de Barros 4 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
Independiente Petrolero missing players
| Santa Cruz | Independiente Petrolero | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 43% | 64% |
| 36% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 29% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 36% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11.1 | 15.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 5.9 | 9.3 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 31% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 31% |
| 11.9 | 12.3 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13.1 | 11.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Independiente Petrolero have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Independiente Petrolero have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Liga De Futbol Prof
- Independiente Petrolero have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Independiente Petrolero haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Cruz have not yet lost a game at home.
- Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Independiente Petrolero have scored away.
- Santa Cruz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Liga De Futbol Prof
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | The Strongest | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Nacional Potosi | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Always Ready | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolivar | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 24 |
| 5 | Aurora | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Universitario de Vinto | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Real Tomayapo | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Independiente Petrolero | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Municipal Vinto | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Royal Pari | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 12 | Vaca Diez | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Blooming | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Guabira | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Libertad | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 28 | -20 | 15 |
| 16 | Wilstermann | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 | Oriente Petrolero | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
