Primera B duel: Close contest expected between Deportes Santa Cruz and Copiapó

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Mon 12.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Fiscal de Talca (8200 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estadio Fiscal de Talca haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Deportes Santa Cruz languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Copiapó will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Copiapó, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

Deportes Santa Cruz's struggle is real here at Estadio Fiscal de Talca with only 3 points collected from 6 Primera B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5.

In their previous game, the manager O. Hurtado Galleguillos led his Deportes Santa Cruz to a defeat in the Primera B match away at San Marcos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Fiscal de Talca. Ahead of that match, Deportes lost 0-3 at home to Magallanes.

Deportes aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Fiscal de Talca in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Deportes with 13 goals conceded in these matches.

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Copiapó form and stats

0-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Copiapó in their Primera B matches away.

Copiapó won their last game, 4-1 versus Santiago Morning played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Deportes Valdivia's place.

The visiting Copiapó have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Copiapó have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CopiapóL. Pontigo Marín
L. Pontigo Marín
7 goals

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Copiapó missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz Copiapó
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 5 13
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 4
3 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
7 5 1 Lost L 1 3 5
12 4 0 Scored S 1 6 25
21 13 1 Conceded C 3 11 24
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 92%
69% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 85%
46% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 77%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 62%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 31%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 85%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 15%
46% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
106 53 12 Total Shots T S 13 53 88
47 19 5 Shots on Target S O 6 18 33
26% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 52%
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Copiapó has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Primera B
  • Copiapó have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Copiapó have scored more than double the goals of Deportes Santa Cruz.
  • Copiapó have yet to win a game away.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz has the fewest points (3) at home in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Ñublense 13 8 2 3 18 11 7 6 1 0 14 7 6 2 1 3 4 4 7 26
2 Union San Felipe 13 6 5 2 18 10 5 2 3 0 5 3 8 4 2 2 13 7 8 23
3 Rangers 13 6 4 3 26 18 8 5 1 2 18 11 5 1 3 1 8 7 8 22
4 Melipilla 13 6 4 3 15 11 7 4 2 1 8 3 6 2 2 2 7 8 4 22
5 Magallanes 13 5 6 2 19 14 7 3 4 0 9 6 6 2 2 2 10 8 5 21
6 Deportes Valdivia 14 4 7 3 19 18 7 4 3 0 11 6 7 0 4 3 8 12 1 19
7 San Luis 13 4 5 4 16 14 8 2 3 3 11 10 5 2 2 1 5 4 2 17
8 San Marcos 13 5 2 6 13 16 3 2 1 0 4 2 10 3 1 6 9 14 -3 17
9 Copiapó 13 4 4 5 25 24 8 4 2 2 19 13 5 0 2 3 6 11 1 16
10 Puerto Montt 13 4 4 5 9 12 6 2 4 0 5 3 7 2 0 5 4 9 -3 16
11 Cobreloa 13 4 3 6 14 17 5 2 0 3 4 5 8 2 3 3 10 12 -3 15
12 Deportes Temuco 13 3 5 5 16 19 6 2 2 2 6 5 7 1 3 3 10 14 -3 14
13 Barnechea 13 3 4 6 19 25 8 3 2 3 14 14 5 0 2 3 5 11 -6 13
14 Deportes Santa Cruz 13 3 3 7 12 21 6 1 0 5 4 13 7 2 3 2 8 8 -9 12
15 Santiago Morning 13 1 6 6 14 23 7 0 4 3 7 13 6 1 2 3 7 10 -9 9

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.