A look at the Primera B standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Get our Antofagasta - Deportes Santa Cruz match guide!
- Antofagasta have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Antofagasta form and stats
Perfect Primera B season at home so far for Antofagasta 3 wins from 3 appearances. Antofagasta are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Antofagasta, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Primera B.
The Antofagasta supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Deportes Santa Cruz and win 1-0.
Before that game, a nice away victory at Electricos Refinerias. A Chilean Cup game. 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 Antofagasta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The Antofagasta fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Deportes Santa Cruz playing as the away team in the Primera B this season.
Two away games in a row for Deportes Santa Cruz, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Antofagasta. That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Before that match, 0-0 away against Melipilla (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in the Chilean Cup. Deportes Santa Cruz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
The attacking power of Deportes when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Antofagasta - Deportes Santa Cruz 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Lemmo Gervasio 3 goals |  D. Imperiale 2 goals | R. Contreras 2 goals |
Antofagasta missing players
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
| Antofagasta | Deportes Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 62% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 38% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 9.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.5 |
| 2.9 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 48% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 10.6 | 7.7 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 2.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
- Antofagasta have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Primera B
- Antofagasta have won all their matches at home so far.
- Antofagasta have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Antofagasta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Deportes Santa Cruz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Luis | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | La Serena | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Deportes Temuco | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Deportes Iquique | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Antofagasta | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Rangers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Santiago Morning | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Cobreloa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Union San Felipe | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Recoleta | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Barnechea | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Puerto Montt | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Univ. Concepción | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | San Marcos | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
