Football match preview: Cobreloa vs Copiapó

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Sun 27.November
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Zorros del Desierto (13000 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's leading roles are Cobreloa and Copiapó, 3 points is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the length.

Insights:
  • Cobreloa have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera B
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Primera B

For Copiapó most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It's no vacation for neither Cobreloa nor Copiapó as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cobreloa form and stats

14-2-0 is the performance here at Estadio Zorros del Desierto so far in the Primera B, giving Cobreloa a total of 44 from their 16 games here. Outstanding results!

The Cobreloa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Copiapó here at Estadio Zorros del Desierto. This club delivered a 14 league rounds long run without a defeat until that game!

Before that, Cobreloa played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Copiapó.

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 Cobreloa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 25 league games, 21 have contained two goals or less.

A decent goal production from Cobreloa in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Cobreloa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Zorros del Desierto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 16 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Copiapó form and stats

5-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Copiapó in their Primera B matches away.

Copiapó have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in Primera B.

Copiapó play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Cobreloa.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Cobreloa.

We have checked recent matches where Copiapó have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Copiapó when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 20 goals have been conceded by Copiapó in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged history involving both these sides is the Copiapó - Cobreloa 0-0 played previously this season. Palma (Cobreloa) and Ponce (Copiapó) were shown red cards when these sides met earlier this season. Will it be as hard this time? Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Cobreloa won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Copiapó got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

CobreloaD. Escalante
D. Escalante
12 goals
CobreloaM. Ceratto
M. Ceratto
6 goals
CobreloaR. Gutiérrez Gamboa
R. Gutiérrez Gamboa
3 goals

Cobreloa missing players

Copiapó missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cobreloa Copiapó
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 3 Played P 4 19 38
20 14 3 Won W 1 6 18
9 2 0 Drew D 0 4 9
5 1 0 Lost L 3 9 11
41 25 4 Scored S 2 17 57
26 10 1 Conceded C 7 23 38
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 84% 89%
59% 53% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 66%
29% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 50%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 29%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
38% 35% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 32% 42%
50% 59% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 42% 39%
21% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 29%
 
4.2 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 4.9
4.1 3.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.5 3.7
3.3 2.8 4.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.8
10 4 1 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
10.5 13.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10.3 12.4
3.9 4.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.9 4.9
31% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 31%
 
9.9 10.2 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.2 8.7
3.4 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Cobreloa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cobreloa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cobreloa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera B
  • Cobreloa have the most clean sheets (18) in Primera B
  • Cobreloa have the most points (44) at home in Primera B
  • Cobreloa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Copiapó have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Primera B
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Primera B

  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 32 22 6 4 61 23 16 13 2 1 30 5 16 9 4 3 31 18 38 72
2 Cobreloa 32 20 8 4 41 24 16 14 2 0 25 8 16 6 6 4 16 16 17 68
3 Copiapó 32 15 7 10 46 34 16 10 4 2 31 14 16 5 3 8 15 20 12 52
4 Union San Felipe 32 15 7 10 38 35 16 11 3 2 23 12 16 4 4 8 15 23 3 52
5 Puerto Montt 32 12 11 9 36 31 16 7 6 3 19 12 16 5 5 6 17 19 5 47
6 Univ. Concepcion 32 12 10 10 42 34 16 6 6 4 25 20 16 6 4 6 17 14 8 46
7 Rangers 32 14 4 14 39 40 16 6 1 9 23 26 16 8 3 5 16 14 -1 46
8 Barnechea 32 12 8 12 47 43 16 9 4 3 29 15 16 3 4 9 18 28 4 44
9 Santiago Wanderers 32 10 12 10 37 37 16 5 6 5 21 19 16 5 6 5 16 18 0 42
10 Deportes Temuco 32 10 8 14 31 41 16 8 4 4 23 20 16 2 4 10 8 21 -10 38
11 Deportes Santa Cruz 32 9 9 14 34 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 0 4 12 11 28 -5 36
12 Deportes Iquique 32 8 11 13 31 38 16 7 6 3 22 14 16 1 5 10 9 24 -7 35
13 Recoleta 32 8 10 14 34 41 16 5 4 7 21 22 16 3 6 7 13 19 -7 34
14 Santiago Morning 32 8 10 14 37 47 16 5 5 6 18 18 16 3 5 8 19 29 -10 34
15 San Luis 32 7 13 12 27 42 16 3 9 4 10 15 16 4 4 8 17 27 -15 34
16 Melipilla 32 7 9 16 30 49 16 6 4 6 17 17 16 1 5 10 13 32 -19 30
17 Fernandez Vial 32 3 17 12 26 39 16 1 9 6 12 17 16 2 8 6 14 22 -13 26

Table
  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 32 22 6 4 61 23 16 13 2 1 30 5 16 9 4 3 31 18 38 72
2 Cobreloa 32 20 8 4 41 24 16 14 2 0 25 8 16 6 6 4 16 16 17 68
3 Copiapó 32 15 7 10 46 34 16 10 4 2 31 14 16 5 3 8 15 20 12 52
4 Union San Felipe 32 15 7 10 38 35 16 11 3 2 23 12 16 4 4 8 15 23 3 52
5 Puerto Montt 32 12 11 9 36 31 16 7 6 3 19 12 16 5 5 6 17 19 5 47
6 Univ. Concepcion 32 12 10 10 42 34 16 6 6 4 25 20 16 6 4 6 17 14 8 46
7 Rangers 32 14 4 14 39 40 16 6 1 9 23 26 16 8 3 5 16 14 -1 46
8 Barnechea 32 12 8 12 47 43 16 9 4 3 29 15 16 3 4 9 18 28 4 44
9 Santiago Wanderers 32 10 12 10 37 37 16 5 6 5 21 19 16 5 6 5 16 18 0 42
10 Deportes Temuco 32 10 8 14 31 41 16 8 4 4 23 20 16 2 4 10 8 21 -10 38
11 Deportes Santa Cruz 32 9 9 14 34 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 0 4 12 11 28 -5 36
12 Deportes Iquique 32 8 11 13 31 38 16 7 6 3 22 14 16 1 5 10 9 24 -7 35
13 Recoleta 32 8 10 14 34 41 16 5 4 7 21 22 16 3 6 7 13 19 -7 34
14 Santiago Morning 32 8 10 14 37 47 16 5 5 6 18 18 16 3 5 8 19 29 -10 34
15 San Luis 32 7 13 12 27 42 16 3 9 4 10 15 16 4 4 8 17 27 -15 34
16 Melipilla 32 7 9 16 30 49 16 6 4 6 17 17 16 1 5 10 13 32 -19 30
17 Fernandez Vial 32 3 17 12 26 39 16 1 9 6 12 17 16 2 8 6 14 22 -13 26

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The Campeonato Primera B is the second level of the Chilean football league. It has 16 teams and the season runs from February to December with each team playing 30 fixtures. The winner is promoted while teams in the second to sixth place in the league table enter a promotion playoff.