Points have been hard to come by for Deportes Santa Cruz so far, and the same description fits Puerto Montt. These students from the school of hard knocks would do anything for some crucial points here.
- Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Puerto Montt have the fewest scored goals (15) in Primera B
This football field has grass, which is not Puerto Montt's usual surface at their own stadium. When playing on grass Puerto Montt have performed like this: Played 39 matches resulting in 13 wins, 10 draws and 16 defeats with the goal production 44-57 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as Puerto Montt have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera B, Deportes Santa Cruz have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
Deportes faced defeat in their previous match, away at Barnechea (0-1).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Univ. Concepcion that ended 1-1.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 (9 from 10 games). Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded 13 in these home matches. Deportes Santa Cruz has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Puerto Montt form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Puerto Montt so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Puerto delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Deportes Iquique (placed 4th) in their previous match. It looked so good for Puerto Montt vs Deportes Iquique, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Prior to that match, the Puerto Montt manager Durán faced defeat when travelling to Cobreloa and losing 0-1.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Puerto's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved faced each other before this season: Puerto Montt - Deportes Santa Cruz 1-2. Head-to-head statistics (for the last nine meetings): Deportes Santa Cruz won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Puerto Montt got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / five.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Lemmo Gervasio 6 goals |  E. Pernía Martínez 5 goals |   C. Soza Quezada 5 goals |
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
Puerto Montt missing players
| Deportes Santa Cruz | Puerto Montt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 65% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 65% |
| 40% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 25% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.3 | 13.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 24% | 22% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 27% | 26% |
| 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.8 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
- Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Puerto Montt have the fewest scored goals (15) in Primera B
- Puerto Montt have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Primera B
- Puerto Montt have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Primera B
- Puerto Montt haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | La Serena | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Union San Felipe | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | San Luis | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Deportes Iquique | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Antofagasta | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Cobreloa | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Santiago Wanderers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Deportes Temuco | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Barnechea | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | San Marcos | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Recoleta | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Rangers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Univ. Concepcion | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 15 | Santiago Morning | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Puerto Montt | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 17 |
