A win for the hosts is expected from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The La Serena regulars are hopeful that the gulf between 1st and Deportes Santa Cruz's 13th position in the table will be visible on the ground.
- La Serena have not yet lost a game at home.
- La Serena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportes Santa Cruz have scored away.
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!
La Serena form and stats
La Serena are steadily winning Primera B games and points here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
Serena lost their last game at Santiago Wanderers (placed 8th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in four league fixtures.
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Coquimbo Unido (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (Chilean Cup).
Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
La Serena have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena with 13 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, La Serena have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Deportes Santa Cruz so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Deportes Santa Cruz as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Puerto Montt match.
Two away games in a row for Deportes, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Magallanes in the Chilean Cup.
A 1-2 defeat away at Rangers before that.The attacking power of Deportes Santa Cruz when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Deportes in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date reported history involving both these sides is the Deportes Santa Cruz - La Serena 0-3 played previously this season. Last three meetings between these teams: Serena won two, Deportes Santa Cruz triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Sánchez Sotelo 10 goals |  S. Mederos Pascal 4 goals |  I. Lemmo Gervasio 4 goals |
La Serena missing players
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
| La Serena | Deportes Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 71% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 65% |
| 53% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 41% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11.9 | 13.1 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | 11.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 24% | 22% |
| 12.5 | 12.6 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 9.9 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
- Deportes Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- La Serena have not yet lost a game at home.
- La Serena have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- La Serena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Deportes Santa Cruz have scored 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 | La Serena | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | San Luis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 29 |
| 5 | Cobreloa | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Deportes Temuco | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Union San Felipe | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | San Marcos | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Rangers | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Barnechea | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Recoleta | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Santiago Morning | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Puerto Montt | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Univ. Concepcion | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 16 |
