Primera B: Two teams in good form get together for this fixture. La Serena could have a tiny advantage with their 1st spot in the standings?
- Cobreloa have the most points (24) at home in Primera B
- La Serena have the most clean sheets (9) in Primera B
It's quite the trip for La Serena when visiting Cobreloa as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cobreloa form and stats
Cobreloa are steadily winning Primera B games and points here at Estadio Zorros del Desierto. 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Cobreloa has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Zorros del Desierto. We remember; it was Antofagasta.
Cobreloa drew their last game, 3-3 away at Univ. Concepcion (placed 14th). Cobreloa salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Univ. Concepcion, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Rivera equalizing.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Puerto Montt in a game that was won 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Cobreloa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cobreloa as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Cobreloa has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Cobreloa are traveling soon after this match as the Primera B match at Santiago Wanderers awaits in four days.
Cobreloa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Zorros del Desierto with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Cobreloa have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
La Serena form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Primera B.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. La Serena goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Serena had fun at their own home (Estadio Zorros del Desierto) last time out, beating Deportes Temuco 1-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Rangers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by La Serena in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for La Serena, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
La Serena has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. 11 goals have been conceded by La Serena in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cobreloa and La Serena have faced off before this season: La Serena - Cobreloa 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Cobreloa wins - draws - La Serena wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sánchez Sotelo 12 goals |   G. Gotti 7 goals |  D. Escalante 4 goals |
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| Cobreloa | La Serena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 21 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 70% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 15% | 10% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 10% | 10% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 50% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 13.9 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 33% | 42% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 31% | 30% |
| 10.6 | 8.1 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.1 | 12.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Cobreloa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cobreloa have the most points (24) at home in Primera B
- Cobreloa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- La Serena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- La Serena have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Primera B
- La Serena have the most clean sheets (9) in Primera B
- La Serena have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Primera B
- La Serena haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Unión San Felipe | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | San Luis | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Deportes Iquique | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Antofagasta | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Cobreloa | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Santiago Wanderers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Deportes Temuco | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Barnechea | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | San Marcos | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Recoleta | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Rangers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Univ. Concepcion | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Santiago Morning | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Puerto Montt | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 17 |
