Primera B preview: Can Copiapó edge out victory against Rangers?

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla (10000 seats)

A peek at the Primera B standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Get our Copiapó - Rangers guide!

Insights:
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Primera B
  • Rangers have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Primera B

These teams have little in common geographically as Rangers have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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.

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Copiapó form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla as Copiapó, who have the most scored goals (28) at home in Primera B, have scored 28 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Primera B are 9-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Copiapó followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla: A 0-1 defeat against Rangers (placed 6th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in four league fixtures.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Fernandez Vial.

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 Copiapó have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 8 and lost 3.

From these home matches, Copiapó have conceded only 12 goals.

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Rangers form and stats

8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Rangers, who have the most points (27) away in Primera B, playing as the away team in the Primera B this season.

Two trips in a row for Rangers, whose coach Cornejo could celebrate last time after the win against Copiapó. That victory felt good as this club had gone three league games without victory.

Prior to that match, the Rangers manager Cornejo faced defeat when travelling to Santiago Morning and losing 0-3.

Rangers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Rangers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Rangers as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other earlier this match year: Copiapó - Rangers 0-1. Copiapó-Rangers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Copiapó six wins, Rangers two wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RangersA. Ábalos
A. Ábalos
12 goals
RangersL. Altamirano
L. Altamirano
9 goals
RangersC. Melivilú Fuentes
C. Melivilú Fuentes
3 goals

Copiapó missing players

Rangers missing players

Copiapó Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 15 29
13 9 2 Won W 0 8 13
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 4
9 2 0 Lost L 2 4 12
41 28 5 Scored S 0 16 36
30 12 3 Conceded C 2 12 37
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 93%
68% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 53% 66%
50% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 55%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 24%
11% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
46% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 55%
32% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 24%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 28%
 
4.8 4.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.2
3.8 2.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 5.1
3 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.3 3
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.6 13.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.8 10.3
4.5 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 3.3 3.7
32% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 33%
 
8.4 7.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.7 11.6
3.7 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Copiapó have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals (28) at home in Primera B
  • Copiapó have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Primera B
  • Copiapó haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rangers have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Primera B
  • Rangers have the most points (27) away 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 Cobreloa 28 18 6 4 33 18 14 13 1 0 22 6 14 5 5 4 11 12 15 60
2 Magallanes 27 18 5 4 44 20 14 11 2 1 21 5 13 7 3 3 23 15 24 59
3 Union San Felipe 27 13 7 7 34 23 13 9 3 1 19 7 14 4 4 6 15 16 11 46
4 Copiapó 28 13 6 9 41 30 14 9 3 2 28 12 14 4 3 7 13 18 11 45
5 Puerto Montt 29 11 11 7 35 29 15 7 6 2 19 11 14 4 5 5 16 18 6 44
6 Rangers 29 13 4 12 36 37 14 5 1 8 20 25 15 8 3 4 16 12 -1 43
7 Santiago Wanderers 28 9 10 9 32 33 14 4 5 5 17 17 14 5 5 4 15 16 -1 37
8 Univ. Concepcion 27 9 9 9 35 29 13 4 5 4 20 18 14 5 4 5 15 11 6 36
9 Barnechea 28 9 8 11 41 39 14 7 4 3 26 15 14 2 4 8 15 24 2 35
10 Deportes Temuco 27 9 7 11 25 35 14 7 3 4 17 17 13 2 4 7 8 18 -10 34
11 Deportes Iquique 27 7 9 11 28 33 14 6 6 2 19 12 13 1 3 9 9 21 -5 30
12 Santiago Morning 28 7 9 12 32 40 14 4 5 5 16 15 14 3 4 7 16 25 -8 30
13 Deportes Santa Cruz 27 7 8 12 27 34 14 7 5 2 17 10 13 0 3 10 10 24 -7 29
14 San Luis 27 6 10 11 23 37 13 2 7 4 8 14 14 4 3 7 15 23 -14 28
15 Recoleta 27 6 9 12 26 34 13 3 4 6 16 19 14 3 5 6 10 15 -8 27
16 Melipilla 27 6 7 14 25 37 13 5 2 6 13 14 14 1 5 8 12 23 -12 25
17 Fernandez Vial 27 3 15 9 20 29 14 1 8 5 9 13 13 2 7 4 11 16 -9 24

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.