National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's General Velásquez or Deportes Santa Cruz that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera B game only four days ago.
General Velásquez form and stats
General Velásquez have reached this Chilean Cup stage through battling and winning against Condor de Pichidegua. Last season, Velásquez's Chilean Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The complete Segunda División stats playing at home this season for General Velásquez are 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
General Velásquez are returning here after visiting Condor de Pichidegua in a Chilean Cup game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline.
Before that, General Velásquez played out a Segunda División draw 1-1 when visiting Rodelindo Roman.This is expected to be a close game, with General Velásquez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with General Velásquez as a small favourite), we find 16 games. General Velásquez has won four of these, drawn seven and lost five.
Velásquez are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. General Velásquez have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
They also participated in Chilean Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round, when Everton drew the shortest straw.No Primera B points yet away for Deportes Santa Cruz, from their first 2 matches.
Deportes Santa Cruz played 1-1 against Barnechea in their previous match.
A 0-1 defeat away at Fernández Vial before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Deportes Santa Cruz playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Deportes wins, two draws and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Deportes Santa Cruz has managed 1 goal and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (General Velásquez wins - draws - Deportes Santa Cruz wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Becica 1 goals |  M. Maureira Maureira 1 goals | P. Muñoz Zúñiga 1 goals |
General Velásquez missing players
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
| General Velásquez | Deportes Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12.8 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | ||
| 11.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Recoleta | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 48 |
| 2 | Iberia | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Deportes Limache | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Independiente | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Lautaro de Buin | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | General Velásquez | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | San Antonio Unido | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Deportes Valdivia | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Rodelindo Roman | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -11 | 27 |
| 10 | Concepcion | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 11 | Colina | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Fernández Vial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Colchagua | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Magallanes | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Santiago Morning | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Cobreloa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Rangers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Union San Felipe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Melipilla | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Barnechea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Puerto Montt | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Fernández Vial | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Deportes Iquique | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Univ. Concepcion | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Deportes Temuco | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Copiapó | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | San Luis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Recoleta | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Santiago Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
