Copiapó manager Almandoz looking for three points in Deportes Santa Cruz showdown

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Mon 12.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla (10000 seats)

A peek at the Primera B table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Check out our Copiapó - Deportes Santa Cruz match preview!

Insights:
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals (24) at home in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Primera B

It's quite the trip for Deportes Santa Cruz when visiting Copiapó as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Copiapó form and stats

Copiapó are steadily winning Primera B games and points here at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.

The Copiapó manager Almandoz and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Deportes Iquique (placed 13th).

Ahead of that match, Copiapó won a home game hosting Recoleta (3-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Copiapó handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats.

From these home matches, Copiapó have conceded only 9 goals.

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

Deportes Santa Cruz have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Primera B, after 0-3-9 (12 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Deportes Santa Cruz won their last game, 2-1 versus Rangers played at home.

A 2-3 defeat away at Univ. Concepción before that.

We have checked recent matches where Deportes Santa Cruz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Low on goals? 11 of this club's last 13 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Deportes have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Copiapó have won or drawn the last 6 games (5-1-0) facing Deportes Santa Cruz.

It's not the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Deportes Santa Cruz - Copiapó 2-2. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes Santa CruzP. Muñoz Zúñiga
P. Muñoz Zúñiga
10 goals
Deportes Santa CruzH. Becica
H. Becica
5 goals
Deportes Santa CruzD. Arias
D. Arias
2 goals

Copiapó missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Copiapó Deportes Santa Cruz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
11 8 2 Won W 0 0 7
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 8
8 1 0 Lost L 3 9 10
35 24 9 Scored S 2 8 25
26 9 3 Conceded C 5 20 28
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
68% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 68%
48% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 36%
28% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 12%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
44% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
36% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 32%
28% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 28%
 
4.8 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.4 5.3
3.8 2.9 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.8 5.5
3.1 3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.1 2.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.6 13.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10 11.7
4.4 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.5 4.8
32% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 21%
 
8.1 7.1 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.6 11.8
3.7 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.6 4.4
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Copiapó have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Copiapó have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Copiapó have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportes Santa Cruz have scored away.
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals (24) at home in Primera B
  • Copiapó haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have yet to win a 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 Magallanes 26 18 4 4 43 19 13 11 1 1 20 4 13 7 3 3 23 15 24 58
2 Cobreloa 26 16 6 4 31 18 13 12 1 0 21 6 13 4 5 4 10 12 13 54
3 Union San Felipe 26 13 7 6 34 22 13 9 3 1 19 7 13 4 4 5 15 15 12 46
4 Rangers 26 12 4 10 35 32 13 5 1 7 20 23 13 7 3 3 15 9 3 40
5 Copiapó 25 11 6 8 35 26 12 8 3 1 24 9 13 3 3 7 11 17 9 39
6 Puerto Montt 26 9 11 6 31 27 13 6 6 1 17 9 13 3 5 5 14 18 4 38
7 Santiago Wanderers 27 9 9 9 32 33 13 4 4 5 17 17 14 5 5 4 15 16 -1 36
8 Barnechea 26 8 8 10 36 35 13 6 4 3 22 13 13 2 4 7 14 22 1 32
9 Univ. Concepción 25 7 9 9 31 27 12 3 5 4 18 17 13 4 4 5 13 10 4 30
10 Deportes Santa Cruz 25 7 8 10 25 28 13 7 5 1 17 8 12 0 3 9 8 20 -3 29
11 Deportes Temuco 25 7 7 11 23 35 13 6 3 4 16 17 12 1 4 7 7 18 -12 28
12 San Luis 26 6 10 10 23 36 13 2 7 4 8 14 13 4 3 6 15 22 -13 28
13 Deportes Iquique 25 6 9 10 25 31 13 6 6 1 18 10 12 0 3 9 7 21 -6 27
14 Recoleta 25 6 8 11 26 33 12 3 4 5 16 18 13 3 4 6 10 15 -7 26
15 Santiago Morning 25 6 8 11 27 37 13 3 5 5 13 15 12 3 3 6 14 22 -10 26
16 Melipilla 25 6 7 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 13 13 13 1 5 7 10 19 -9 25
17 Fernández Vial 25 2 15 8 18 27 13 1 8 4 8 11 12 1 7 4 10 16 -9 21

Read more about Primera B

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.