Deportes Santa Cruz - Puerto Montt in Primera B: Numbers, line-ups, fixtures, the latest developments and headlines. Read our thorough preview!
- Puerto Montt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
13-14-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Puerto Montt when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 41 matches are 49-57 (scored/conceded).
Puerto Montt have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 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.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz as Deportes Santa Cruz have scored 17 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Primera B are 7-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Deportes regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz: A 0-1 defeat against Puerto Montt (placed 6th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Copiapo.This is expected to be a close game, with Deportes Santa Cruz perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Deportes Santa Cruz as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Deportes Santa Cruz has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 7.
Not much happening? In this club's last 15 league games, 12 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
The Deportes Santa Cruz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded only 8 goals.
Puerto Montt form and stats
3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Puerto Montt playing as the away team in the Primera B this season. A great winning streak in away games for Puerto as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Deportes Iquique have they travelled home without three points.
It's the second away game in a row for Puerto Montt, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Deportes Santa Cruz (placed 13th) last time out.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Fernandez Vial.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Puerto Montt playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 3 Puerto Montt wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Puerto are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Puerto Montt have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other before this match year: Puerto Montt - Deportes Santa Cruz 3-0. Deportes Santa Cruz-Puerto Montt H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Deportes Santa Cruz two wins, Puerto Montt three wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. Muñoz Zúñiga 11 goals | H. Becica 6 goals |  F. Nuñez Cortés 6 goals |
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| Deportes Santa Cruz | Puerto Montt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 27 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 33 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| 93% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 89% |
| 67% | 64% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 71% |
| 37% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 43% | 36% |
| 15% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 48% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 43% |
| 30% | 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 36% | 43% |
| 30% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 25% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 26% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 41% | 34% |
| 11.4 | 9.4 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.2 | 7.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
- Puerto Montt 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 | Magallanes | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 59 |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 57 |
| 3 | Union San Felipe | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 46 |
| 4 | Copiapo | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Rangers | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | -2 | 40 |
| 6 | Puerto Montt | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Santiago Wanderers | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 37 |
| 8 | Univ. Concepcion | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | Barnechea | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Deportes Temuco | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 31 |
| 11 | Deportes Iquique | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -5 | 30 |
| 12 | Santiago Morning | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | San Luis | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 | Recoleta | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Melipilla | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Fernandez Vial | 27 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -9 | 24 |
