Primera B preview: Can Deportes Iquique edge out victory against Deportes Santa Cruz?

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tierra de Campeones (13171 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will satisfy the Deportes Iquique followers in this Estadio Tierra de Campeones clash with Deportes Santa Cruz, as they enjoy a robust lead on their opponents in the Primera B standings.

Insights:
  • Deportes Iquique have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deportes Iquique have scored more than double the goals of Deportes Santa Cruz.

Deportes Santa Cruz have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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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Deportes Iquique form and stats

Deportes Iquique have performed here at Estadio Tierra de Campeones this season with 4 wins from 7 Primera B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Two home wins in a row for Deportes bring valid hopes of a third.

The Deportes Iquique supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Deportes Santa Cruz and win 1-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Rangers and winning 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Deportes handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

9 goals have been conceded.

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

Deportes Santa Cruz have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primera B, after 2-1-4 (7 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Deportes Santa Cruz, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Deportes Santa Cruz are travelling again after losing away to Deportes Iquique in their previous match (0-1). Late heartbreak for Deportes in the Deportes Iquique match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus San Marcos.

We have checked recent matches where Deportes Santa Cruz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

The attacking power of Deportes when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head encounter ended Deportes Iquique - Deportes Santa Cruz 1-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Deportes three wins, one draw and Deportes Santa Cruz one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes IquiqueÁ. Ramos Sepúlveda
Á. Ramos Sepúlveda
11 goals
Deportes Santa CruzI. Lemmo Gervasio
I. Lemmo Gervasio
4 goals
Deportes IquiqueS. Pino Briceño
S. Pino Briceño
3 goals

Deportes Iquique missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Deportes Iquique Deportes Santa Cruz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
6 4 0 Won W 0 2 4
5 2 2 Drew D 0 1 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
24 14 3 Scored S 1 5 11
17 9 3 Conceded C 4 9 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 43% 57%
57% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 36%
36% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 14% 14%
29% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 7%
71% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 43%
21% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 36%
 
4.1 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.6
6.4 5.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 5
3.1 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
14.1 16.6 20 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.6 10.8
5.9 7 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.4
29% 29% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 23%
 
13.6 10.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.9 9.5
5.2 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 3.3 3.4
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Deportes Iquique have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deportes Iquique have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Deportes Iquique have scored more than double the goals of Deportes Santa Cruz.
  • Deportes Iquique haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 San Luis 14 8 3 3 23 13 7 6 1 0 14 4 7 2 2 3 9 9 10 27
2 Deportes Temuco 14 7 4 3 17 17 7 5 2 0 13 7 7 2 2 3 4 10 0 25
3 La Serena 13 7 3 3 21 14 6 4 2 0 11 5 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 24
4 Cobreloa 14 7 3 4 18 13 8 6 0 2 12 7 6 1 3 2 6 6 5 24
5 Deportes Iquique 14 6 5 3 24 17 7 4 2 1 14 9 7 2 3 2 10 8 7 23
6 Antofagasta 13 7 1 5 24 14 5 4 0 1 11 1 8 3 1 4 13 13 10 22
7 Santiago Wanderers 14 5 4 5 16 16 8 3 4 1 11 7 6 2 0 4 5 9 0 19
8 Union San Felipe 13 5 3 5 19 18 5 1 3 1 6 7 8 4 0 4 13 11 1 18
9 Rangers 14 5 3 6 18 21 8 3 1 4 12 15 6 2 2 2 6 6 -3 18
10 Barnechea 14 5 3 6 16 19 7 4 2 1 8 3 7 1 1 5 8 16 -3 18
11 Recoleta 14 4 5 5 13 18 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 1 3 3 5 11 -5 17
12 Deportes Santa Cruz 14 4 4 6 11 18 7 2 3 2 6 9 7 2 1 4 5 9 -7 16
13 San Marcos 13 4 3 6 19 18 6 4 0 2 12 6 7 0 3 4 7 12 1 15
14 Santiago Morning 13 4 2 7 14 17 6 4 0 2 11 7 7 0 2 5 3 10 -3 14
15 Puerto Montt 13 3 3 7 9 17 8 2 2 4 5 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 -8 12
16 Univ. Concepcion 12 2 1 9 9 21 6 2 1 3 6 8 6 0 0 6 3 13 -12 7

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.