Primera B: Copiapó receive San Marcos in what should be an action-packed football fixture. Here's all you should know!
- Copiapó is in the best form (4-1-1)
- San Marcos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Copiapó and San Marcos.
San Marcos have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Copiapó form and stats
Overall Primera B results at home this season for Copiapó, who have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Primera B, are 5-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). Copiapó has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Copiapó are returning here after visiting Deportes Santa Cruz in a Primera B game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Coquimbo Unido in a game that was won 2-1.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 18 games) they have won nine times, drawn eight and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Copiapó as they are travelling to their away game against Cobreloa in the Primera B. That match is four days after this one.
The Copiapó fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 12 league matches. Copiapó are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
San Marcos form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera B travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Marcos might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. San Luis proved too strong as San Marcos slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Carlos Dittborn.
A 0-0 draw at Union San Felipe's stadium before that.San Marcos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
San Marcos have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Marcos have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: San Marcos - Copiapó 0-1. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Copiapó won five, San Marcos were winners in two and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. López 11 goals |  B. Monroy Arciego 7 goals | C. Ponce Rojas 5 goals |
Copiapó missing players
San Marcos missing players
| Copiapó | San Marcos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 38 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 30 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 30 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 54% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 62% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 62% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 46% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 42% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 10.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 40% | 42% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 38% | 42% |
- Copiapó have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Primera B
- Copiapó is in the best form (4-1-1)
- San Marcos 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 | Coquimbo Unido | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 2 | Copiapó | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Puerto Montt | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Santiago Morning | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 35 |
| 6 | San Marcos | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Deportes Temuco | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Rangers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Magallanes | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Univ. Concepcion | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Deportes Iquique | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | San Luis | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Fernandez Vial | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 26 |
| 14 | Union San Felipe | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 26 |
| 15 | Cobreloa | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 16 | Barnechea | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Lautaro de Buin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |