Soccer betting preview: Deportes Santa Cruz welcomes Santiago Morning in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Wed 01.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz (1500 seats)

A crucial match in Primera B as both sides are challenging for the top positions. With Deportes Santa Cruz in 2nd position and Santiago Morning placed 3rd, this promises to be a thriling fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Primera B
  • Santiago Morning is in the best form (4-2-0)

It's no vacation for neither Deportes Santa Cruz nor Santiago Morning 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.

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera B numbers at home for Deportes Santa Cruz, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Primera B, so far this season.

A strong away win for Deportes against Univ. Concepcion the last match, as J. Gaete were on target.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fernandez Vial (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Deportes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.

The Deportes fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Deportes Santa Cruz defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Santiago Morning form and stats

Santiago Morning have an excellent away record in the Primera B so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games. Things are running smoothly for Santiago who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Deportes Santa Cruz.

272 minutes! That's how long the Santiago goalkeeper Leandro Canete Sepulveda and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Santiago, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Magallanes (placed 6th) in the Primera B last time out.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Univ. Concepcion.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Santiago Morning in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Santiago Morning, one draw and three defeats.

Santiago Morning have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Santiago Morning in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Santiago Morning - Deportes 1-3, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Deportes Santa Cruz four wins, zero draws and Santiago Morning one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Santiago MorningS. Pino Briceño
S. Pino Briceño
7 goals
Deportes Santa CruzC. Duma
C. Duma
5 goals
Santiago MorningL. Barrera
L. Barrera
5 goals

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Santiago Morning missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz Santiago Morning
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 8 16
9 4 1 Won W 0 5 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 7
6 3 1 Lost L 0 0 2
23 13 2 Scored S 2 16 25
22 15 7 Conceded C 2 8 14
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 81%
65% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 75%
41% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
35% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 25%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
47% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 56%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 19%
 
5.4 5.4 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.5 3.5
5.6 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.1 4.9
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.7
4 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.2 10 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.1 8.2
3.8 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.9 3.9
36% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 52% 40%
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Santiago Morning have not yet lost a game away.
  • Santiago Morning have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Santiago Morning have the most clean sheets (9) in Primera B
  • Santiago Morning have the most points (18) away in Primera B
  • Santiago Morning have the most scored goals (16) away in Primera B
  • Santiago Morning have the the best goal difference (+11) in Primera B
  • Santiago Morning have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Primera B
  • Santiago Morning have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Santiago Morning haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Santiago Morning is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coquimbo Unido 17 7 8 2 23 14 10 4 5 1 9 5 7 3 3 1 14 9 9 29
2 Deportes Santa Cruz 17 9 2 6 23 22 8 4 1 3 13 15 9 5 1 3 10 7 1 29
3 Santiago Morning 16 7 7 2 25 14 8 2 4 2 9 6 8 5 3 0 16 8 11 28
4 Puerto Montt 17 6 8 3 17 15 9 4 4 1 10 7 8 2 4 2 7 8 2 26
5 Copiapo 17 6 7 4 20 22 8 2 5 1 9 8 9 4 2 3 11 14 -2 25
6 Magallanes 17 6 6 5 20 21 8 3 1 4 10 12 9 3 5 1 10 9 -1 24
7 Rangers 16 6 4 6 21 17 8 4 1 3 13 8 8 2 3 3 8 9 4 22
8 Deportes Temuco 17 5 7 5 22 19 9 3 4 2 12 9 8 2 3 3 10 10 3 22
9 Univ. Concepcion 17 5 7 5 25 25 8 3 3 2 14 11 9 2 4 3 11 14 0 22
10 San Marcos 17 6 2 9 17 24 8 3 1 4 8 10 9 3 1 5 9 14 -7 20
11 Cobreloa 16 4 7 5 16 20 9 4 2 3 13 12 7 0 5 2 3 8 -4 19
12 Unión San Felipe 16 5 3 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 11 12 8 2 1 5 6 13 -8 18
13 Barnechea 16 4 5 7 16 18 9 1 3 5 5 9 7 3 2 2 11 9 -2 17
14 Fernandez Vial 11 5 1 5 16 13 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 2 0 4 8 9 3 16
15 Deportes Iquique 17 4 4 9 24 28 8 1 3 4 13 14 9 3 1 5 11 14 -4 16
16 Lautaro de Buin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 San Luis 16 3 6 7 10 15 7 1 2 4 5 8 9 2 4 3 5 7 -5 15

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.