Deportes Santa Cruz will hope that their home advantage is enough to get a victory from this demanding encounter, against fiery Antofagasta.
- Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals (21) in Primera B
- Antofagasta have the most scored goals (46) in Primera B
It's quite the trip for Antofagasta when visiting Deportes Santa Cruz as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Deportes Santa Cruz nor Antofagasta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Deportes Santa Cruz have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz in the Primera B.
The home team returns to Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz after drawing with Union San Felipe (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
In the match before that, Deportes hosted Recoleta and drew the game 1-1.Low on goals? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Deportes Santa Cruz here at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). 14 goals have been conceded. When Deportes Santa Cruz hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Santiago Morning, Recoleta, Rangers, Univ. Concepcion and Puerto Montt), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Antofagasta form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (46) in Primera B, on their Primera B travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Antofagasta are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Univ. Concepcion (placed 13th).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Deportes Temuco's place.Take note! Both sides have scored in 10 of this club's last 13 league games.
Antofagasta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. 17 goals have been conceded by Antofagasta in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other previously this campaign: Antofagasta - Deportes 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Contreras 13 goals |  L. Guerra Romero 13 goals |   I. Lemmo Gervasio 7 goals |
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
Antofagasta missing players
| Deportes Santa Cruz | Antofagasta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 18 | 46 |
| 26 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | 76% |
| 33% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 58% | 60% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 36% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 20% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 28% |
| 29% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 16% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 13.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 23% | 24% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 44% | 39% |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 13 | 11.2 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
- Antofagasta have scored more than double the goals of Deportes Santa Cruz.
- Antofagasta have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Primera B
- Antofagasta have the most scored goals (46) in Primera B
- Antofagasta have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Primera B
- Antofagasta have the the best goal difference (+18) in Primera B
- Antofagasta have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Antofagasta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals (21) in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Antofagasta | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 45 |
| 2 | Deportes Iquique | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Deportes Temuco | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 43 |
| 4 | La Serena | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Santiago Wanderers | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Union San Felipe | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | San Luis | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 40 |
| 8 | Cobreloa | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 9 | Barnechea | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | San Marcos | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Rangers | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 13 | Univ. Concepcion | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -12 | 29 |
| 14 | Santiago Morning | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | Puerto Montt | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Recoleta | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
