Betting preview: Santa Cruz faced with a tough challenge when The Strongest visits

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Competition: Bolivia Liga De Futbol Prof
Competition: Wed 10.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)

This league season has been gruelling for Santa Cruz up to now, while The Strongest have enjoyed success. Will the travellers claim three points?

Insights:
  • Santa Cruz have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • The Strongest have the most scored goals (25) in Liga De Futbol Prof

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga De Futbol Prof.

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Santa Cruz form and stats

The overall Liga De Futbol Prof statistics playing at home this season for Santa Cruz, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga De Futbol Prof, are 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). When Santa Cruz hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Guabira, Bolivar, Oriente Petrolero and Always Ready), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Santa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Always Ready. As you see from the result above, Santa Cruz suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Aurora.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has contained at least three goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bolivar are coming to town in three days.

The Santa Cruz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Santa Cruz are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches. When Santa hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Independiente Petrolero, Universitario de Vinto, Atlético Palmaflor, Club Universitario and Wilstermann), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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The Strongest form and stats

3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for The Strongest, who have the most scored goals (25) in Liga De Futbol Prof, in their Liga De Futbol Prof matches away. The Strongest have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.

Impressive finishing from Castillo, Arrascaita and Sotomayor secured the home win 3-2 against Universitario de Vinto in their previous game.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Wilstermann.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this team's 13 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

After this away game The Strongest return home for a Liga De Futbol Prof game against Atlético Palmaflor. That game is only three sleeps after this.

12 goals so far away for The Strongest, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played before this season: The Strongest - Santa Cruz 1-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the former six meetings): Santa won three games, one match ended in a draw and The Strongest managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / two The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

The StrongestJ. Arrascaita Iriondo
J. Arrascaita Iriondo
9 goals
The StrongestE. Triverio
E. Triverio
9 goals

Santa Cruz missing players

The Strongest missing players

Santa Cruz The Strongest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 14 29
8 4 2 Won W 4 9 18
5 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
11 4 1 Lost L 0 3 5
32 17 6 Scored S 9 28 57
43 15 5 Conceded C 1 11 24
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 79%
71% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 55%
38% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 28%
21% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
67% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 43% 45%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 36% 38%
29% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 21%
 
3.4 4.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.7 5.1
6.4 4.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.9 4.2
3.3 3.6 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 10.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.9 12
4.2 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 5.3
32% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 46% 37%
 
11.8 11.3 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 15.8 13.7
5 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 5.2 4.9
Key stats in Liga De Futbol Prof this season:
  • Santa Cruz have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • Santa Cruz have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • Santa Cruz have the most points from losing position (17) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • Santa Cruz have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • The Strongest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • The Strongest have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • The Strongest have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • The Strongest have the most scored goals (12) away in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • The Strongest have the most scored goals (25) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • The Strongest have the the best goal difference (+17) in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • The Strongest have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Liga De Futbol Prof
  • The Strongest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • The Strongest haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • The Strongest is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 8 7 0 1 25 8 4 4 0 0 13 4 4 3 0 1 12 4 17 21
2 Always Ready 8 6 1 1 22 6 5 5 0 0 18 1 3 1 1 1 4 5 16 19
3 Oriente Petrolero 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 2 1 1 7 2 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 14
4 Bolivar 8 4 1 3 14 11 3 1 1 1 5 6 5 3 0 2 9 5 3 13
5 Guabira 8 4 1 3 12 9 4 3 0 1 8 2 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 13
6 Nacional Potosi 8 4 1 3 14 14 4 3 0 1 9 8 4 1 1 2 5 6 0 13
7 Real Tomayapo 9 4 0 5 11 13 5 3 0 2 8 5 4 1 0 3 3 8 -2 12
8 Aurora 8 3 3 2 8 11 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 4 9 -3 12
9 Royal Pari 8 3 2 3 12 11 4 2 2 0 10 7 4 1 0 3 2 4 1 11
10 Blooming 8 3 2 3 13 13 5 3 1 1 10 5 3 0 1 2 3 8 0 11
11 Santa Cruz 8 3 2 3 10 15 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 4 13 -5 11
12 Independiente Petrolero 9 3 1 5 14 13 6 3 1 2 12 8 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 10
13 Wilstermann 9 3 1 5 8 15 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 2 9 -7 10
14 Atlético Palmaflor 8 1 4 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 3 4 5 0 4 1 5 6 -2 7
15 Club Universitario 8 2 1 5 4 18 3 2 0 1 3 3 5 0 1 4 1 15 -14 7
16 Universitario de Vinto 8 0 2 6 5 17 3 0 1 2 2 4 5 0 1 4 3 13 -12 2