Open game expected at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz: Deportes Santa Cruz vs Univ. Concepción preview

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Mon 24.Jul
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz (1500 seats)

This game involves two participants residing in the carpet of the Primera B, Deportes Santa Cruz having 12th position and Univ. Concepción in 15th. A good chance for one of the sides to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Univ. Concepción have the most conceded goals (31) in Primera B

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B for Deportes Santa Cruz at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Deportes Santa Cruz enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at La Serena's place. The match ended 3-0 with Gervasio and Martínez (2) scoring. At last, a league win after four games without.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Magallanes in the Chilean Cup. 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 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Deportes Santa Cruz aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. Deportes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Univ. Concepción form and stats

There's been little loot from Univ. Concepción's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Primera B. Univ. Concepción only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws.

The followers enjoyed Univ. Concepción's previous match versus Rangers, a Chilean Cup win (2-0) played at home.

A draw for Concepción before that, at their own venue hosting Recoleta (1-1).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Univ. Concepción playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 7 Univ. Concepción wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

The attacking power of Concepción when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Univ. Concepción, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When Univ. Concepción 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. Concepción and Puerto Montt.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the participants played each other earlier this season; Univ. Concepción - Deportes 0-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior five meetings): Deportes Santa Cruz won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Univ. Concepción have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes Santa CruzI. Lemmo Gervasio
I. Lemmo Gervasio
5 goals
Deportes Santa CruzE. Pernía Martínez
E. Pernía Martínez
5 goals
Univ. ConcepciónR. González Catalán
R. González Catalán
3 goals

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Univ. Concepción missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz Univ. Concepción
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 8 18
5 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
5 4 2 Drew D 0 0 2
8 3 0 Lost L 2 7 11
17 8 3 Scored S 3 6 18
23 12 3 Conceded C 4 18 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 83%
44% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 50%
11% 11% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
50% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 56%
28% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
28% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 33%
 
4.7 5.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.1 6.9
5.3 5.3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.6 3.6
2.3 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.5 2.9
8 5 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.6 13.9 15 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 10.2 10.9
3.8 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.8 3.6
25% 21% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 27% 28%
 
9.9 9.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.6 7.9
3.4 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Univ. Concepción have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Univ. Concepción have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Univ. Concepción have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Univ. Concepción have the most conceded goals (31) in Primera B
  • Univ. Concepción have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Primera B
  • Univ. Concepción have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Primera B
  • Univ. Concepción have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Primera B
  • Univ. Concepción haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Deportes Iquique 18 9 6 3 31 21 8 5 2 1 16 10 10 4 4 2 15 11 10 33
2 La Serena 18 9 4 5 27 20 9 5 3 1 13 9 9 4 1 4 14 11 7 31
3 San Luis 17 9 3 5 26 16 9 6 1 2 15 7 8 3 2 3 11 9 10 30
4 Deportes Temuco 18 8 6 4 24 22 9 6 2 1 17 9 9 2 4 3 7 13 2 30
5 Antofagasta 18 9 2 7 34 22 9 6 0 3 20 8 9 3 2 4 14 14 12 29
6 Unión San Felipe 18 8 5 5 28 22 7 2 4 1 10 8 11 6 1 4 18 14 6 29
7 Santiago Wanderers 18 8 5 5 23 19 10 4 5 1 14 9 8 4 0 4 9 10 4 29
8 Cobreloa 18 8 4 6 23 18 9 7 0 2 14 7 9 1 4 4 9 11 5 28
9 San Marcos 18 6 4 8 28 28 9 6 1 2 19 10 9 0 3 6 9 18 0 22
10 Barnechea 18 5 6 7 19 24 9 4 4 1 10 5 9 1 2 6 9 19 -5 21
11 Rangers 18 6 3 9 22 30 9 4 1 4 14 16 9 2 2 5 8 14 -8 21
12 Deportes Santa Cruz 18 5 5 8 17 23 9 2 4 3 8 12 9 3 1 5 9 11 -6 20
13 Recoleta 18 4 8 6 17 23 9 3 4 2 11 10 9 1 4 4 6 13 -6 20
14 Santiago Morning 17 4 5 8 18 24 7 4 0 3 11 10 10 0 5 5 7 14 -6 17
15 Univ. Concepción 18 5 2 11 18 31 10 4 2 4 12 13 8 1 0 7 6 18 -13 17
16 Puerto Montt 18 4 4 10 13 25 11 2 3 6 7 14 7 2 1 4 6 11 -12 16

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.