Primera B preview: Can Deportes Santa Cruz edge out victory against Unión San Felipe?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Mon 10.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz (1500 seats)

This league campaign has been demanding for Deportes Santa Cruz so far, while Unión San Felipe have won many games. Will the highest placed claim victory again at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz?

Insights:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Primera B
  • Unión San Felipe have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This should be an intriguing game with lots of action and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

L L L W L

Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

7-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera B numbers at home for Deportes Santa Cruz so far this season. Deportes Santa Cruz has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Larrabure and the players.

No payout for Deportes Santa Cruz in their previous match, an away game at Recoleta that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Recoleta was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Tapia).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Puerto Montt (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Deportes handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Not much happening? In this club's last 16 league matches, 12 have contained two goals or less.

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 14 matches. From these home matches, Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded only 10 goals. When Deportes hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Santiago Morning, Recoleta, San Luis, Melipilla and Fernández Vial), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

L L L L W

Unión San Felipe form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera B travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. With the Unión San Felipe losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The manager Orellana was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Municipal de San Felipe. Unión San Felipe suffered a 1-4 loss to Magallanes (placed 1st).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Cobreloa's place.

Felipe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Unión San Felipe find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Unión San Felipe have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Deportes Santa Cruz and Unión San Felipe have faced off earlier this season: Unión San Felipe - Deportes Santa Cruz 2-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - one - four (Deportes wins - draws - Unión San Felipe wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes Santa CruzP. Muñoz Zúñiga
P. Muñoz Zúñiga
11 goals
Unión San FelipeJ. Castro Gutiérrez
J. Castro Gutiérrez
8 goals
Unión San FelipeJ. Pineda Cortés
J. Pineda Cortés
8 goals

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Unión San Felipe missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz Unión San Felipe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
7 7 1 Won W 0 4 13
8 5 2 Drew D 4 4 7
13 2 1 Lost L 1 6 8
28 17 6 Scored S 7 15 35
36 10 6 Conceded C 8 16 27
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 50% 57%
39% 21% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 36%
14% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 11%
50% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 46%
29% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 39%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 21%
 
5.4 6.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.6 3.6
5.3 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.9
2.8 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 3.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.8 13.4 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 8.2
4.7 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.4
21% 24% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 37%
 
11.4 9.9 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.6 8.6 8.9
4.5 3.5 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.6
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera B
  • Unión San Felipe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión San Felipe 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 Magallanes 29 20 5 4 55 21 15 12 2 1 28 5 14 8 3 3 27 16 34 65
2 Cobreloa 29 18 7 4 35 20 14 13 1 0 22 6 15 5 6 4 13 14 15 61
3 Unión San Felipe 28 13 7 8 35 27 14 9 3 2 20 11 14 4 4 6 15 16 8 46
4 Rangers 30 14 4 12 39 37 15 6 1 8 23 25 15 8 3 4 16 12 2 46
5 Copiapó 28 13 6 9 41 30 14 9 3 2 28 12 14 4 3 7 13 18 11 45
6 Puerto Montt 29 11 11 7 35 29 15 7 6 2 19 11 14 4 5 5 16 18 6 44
7 Univ. Concepcion 29 10 9 10 36 32 14 5 5 4 21 18 15 5 4 6 15 14 4 39
8 Barnechea 29 10 8 11 42 39 15 8 4 3 27 15 14 2 4 8 15 24 3 38
9 Santiago Wanderers 30 9 11 10 34 36 15 4 6 5 19 19 15 5 5 5 15 17 -2 38
10 Deportes Temuco 29 9 8 12 27 38 15 7 4 4 19 19 14 2 4 8 8 19 -11 35
11 Deportes Iquique 28 7 10 11 28 33 14 6 6 2 19 12 14 1 4 9 9 21 -5 31
12 Recoleta 29 7 10 12 30 37 14 4 4 6 18 20 15 3 6 6 12 17 -7 31
13 Santiago Morning 28 7 9 12 32 40 14 4 5 5 16 15 14 3 4 7 16 25 -8 30
14 Deportes Santa Cruz 28 7 8 13 28 36 14 7 5 2 17 10 14 0 3 11 11 26 -8 29
15 San Luis 28 6 11 11 23 37 14 2 8 4 8 14 14 4 3 7 15 23 -14 29
16 Melipilla 29 6 8 15 27 46 14 5 3 6 15 16 15 1 5 9 12 30 -19 26
17 Fernández Vial 28 3 16 9 22 31 14 1 8 5 9 13 14 2 8 4 13 18 -9 25

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.