National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Magallanes or Deportes Santa Cruz that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Magallanes and Deportes Santa Cruz.
Magallanes form and stats
Action has already taken place for Magallanes in Chilean Cup as they have defeated Ferroviario Comercial to reach the 3rd Round. Magallanes participated in Chilean Cup the last season, where they reached the final.With 1 Primera Division win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Magallanes are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Magallanes are returning here after visiting O'Higgins and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Chandia and Piñero scored the goal(s).
Before that, Magallanes played out a Primera Division draw 1-1 when visiting Huachipato.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Magallanes, as the Primera Division home game vs Nublense is only four days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Magallanes here at Estadio Municipal in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). On the other hand, Magallanes have conceded 10 goals.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Melipilla in order to reach 3rd round of Chilean Cup. They also participated in Chilean Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.There's been little loot from Deportes Santa Cruz's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Primera B. Deportes Santa Cruz only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
There might be some fixture complaints from Deportes as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-2 against Rangers. Deportes Santa Cruz were so close to getting something from the game against Rangers, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
The game before that, in the Primera B, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Santiago Wanderers.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Deportes Santa Cruz as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Deportes have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Magallanes-Deportes Santa Cruz H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Magallanes three wins, Deportes Santa Cruz two wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Flores Chandia 4 goals |  I. Lemmo Gervasio 4 goals | E. Pernía Martínez 3 goals |
Magallanes missing players
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
| Magallanes | Deportes Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 12.1 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | ||
| 13.5 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cobresal | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Huachipato | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Universidad Chile | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Everton | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | Coquimbo Unido | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Union Espanola | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Universidad Catolica | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Colo-Colo | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Palestino | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Unión La Calera | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Nublense | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Curico Unido | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Copiapo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 16 | Magallanes | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | La Serena | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | San Luis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 29 |
| 5 | Cobreloa | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Deportes Temuco | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Union San Felipe | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | San Marcos | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Rangers | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Barnechea | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Recoleta | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Santiago Morning | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Puerto Montt | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Univ. Concepcion | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
