Deportes Santa Cruz are aching to increase their points at their own ground in this soon-to-be-played game vs Recoleta.
- Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Primera B
- Recoleta have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera B
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 story so far in the Primera B for Deportes Santa Cruz, who have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Primera B, at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Deportes, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 263 minutes in the Primera B.
The Deportes Santa Cruz followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz: A 0-1 defeat against Recoleta (placed 16th).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Santiago Morning.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Deportes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Sports bettors who enjoy looking for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two or less 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 (10 from 11 games). Deportes Santa Cruz's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Deportes has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Recoleta form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Recoleta so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
Recoleta play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Deportes Santa Cruz (placed 12th). That win felt nice as this side had gone five league fixtures without victory.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus San Luis.Recoleta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 10 of this club's latest 13 league matches.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Recoleta rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches. When Recoleta is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Santiago Morning, Recoleta, Rangers, Univ. Concepcion and Puerto Montt.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met earlier this season: Recoleta - Deportes Santa Cruz 2-1. Stats for the prior three meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Deportes Santa Cruz, zero draws and two wins for Recoleta. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Lemmo Gervasio 7 goals |   R. Riveros Uribe 6 goals |  E. Pernía Martínez 5 goals |
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| Deportes Santa Cruz | Recoleta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 35 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 76% |
| 35% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 46% | 48% |
| 9% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 43% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 68% |
| 30% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 28% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10.8 | 12.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.7 | 12.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| 24% | 23% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 27% |
| 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 14.2 | 13.3 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
- Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Recoleta have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Recoleta have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera B
- Recoleta have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Recoleta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Recoleta is in the worst form (0-0-5)
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Deportes Iquique | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Union San Felipe | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Deportes Temuco | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | San Luis | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | La Serena | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | Santiago Wanderers | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Cobreloa | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | San Marcos | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -1 | 32 |
| 10 | Barnechea | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Rangers | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Univ. Concepcion | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | Santiago Morning | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | Puerto Montt | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -14 | 24 |
| 16 | Recoleta | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
