Primera B preview: Can La Serena edge out victory against Deportes Temuco?

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Tue 01.Aug
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Portada de La Serena (14000 seats)

Things are looking good for La Serena at this point, with the 1st position in the Primera B table and hosting Deportes Temuco (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • La Serena have the most clean sheets (8) in Primera B

These teams have little in common geographically as Deportes Temuco have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Chilean Cup game only four days ago.

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La Serena form and stats

La Serena have performed here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena this season with 5 wins from 9 Primera B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

Happy days for La Serena in their previous game, a fixture away at Rangers (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Deportes Santa Cruz (0-3).

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 La Serena have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Serena has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches.

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Deportes Temuco form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera B travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Deportes Temuco, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Chilean Cup home defeat versus Univ. Concepción with 0-3 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus San Luis.

We have checked recent matches where Deportes Temuco have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The attacking power of Deportes when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Deportes Temuco have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams met previously this campaign; Deportes Temuco - Serena 2-0. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for La Serena, three draws and four wins for Deportes Temuco. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

La SerenaJ. Sánchez Sotelo
J. Sánchez Sotelo
11 goals
Deportes TemucoL. Acevedo Tabárez
L. Acevedo Tabárez
8 goals
Deportes TemucoF. Nuñez Cortés
F. Nuñez Cortés
6 goals

La Serena missing players

Deportes Temuco missing players

La Serena Deportes Temuco
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 8
4 3 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 1 0 Lost L 2 3 5
29 13 8 Scored S 1 7 25
20 9 3 Conceded C 8 13 24
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
74% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 79%
53% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 53%
21% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 16%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 11%
47% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 63%
42% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 21%
16% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 21%
 
5.7 6.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.9 5.3
5.1 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.7 6.5
3.5 2.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
12 13.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.1 11.2
5.1 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 4
30% 28% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 33%
 
12.4 12.7 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 14.2 12.5
4.3 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 4.7
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • La Serena have the most clean sheets (8) in Primera B

  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 19 10 4 5 29 20 9 5 3 1 13 9 10 5 1 4 16 11 9 34
2 San Luis 18 10 3 5 28 17 9 6 1 2 15 7 9 4 2 3 13 10 11 33
3 Deportes Iquique 19 9 6 4 33 24 9 5 2 2 18 13 10 4 4 2 15 11 9 33
4 Antofagasta 19 10 2 7 36 23 9 6 0 3 20 8 10 4 2 4 16 15 13 32
5 Union San Felipe 19 9 5 5 31 22 8 3 4 1 13 8 11 6 1 4 18 14 9 32
6 Cobreloa 19 9 4 6 24 18 10 8 0 2 15 7 9 1 4 4 9 11 6 31
7 Deportes Temuco 19 8 6 5 25 24 10 6 2 2 18 11 9 2 4 3 7 13 1 30
8 Santiago Wanderers 19 8 5 6 24 23 10 4 5 1 14 9 9 4 0 5 10 14 1 29
9 San Marcos 20 7 4 9 31 33 10 7 1 2 22 12 10 0 3 7 9 21 -2 25
10 Barnechea 19 6 6 7 22 26 9 4 4 1 10 5 10 2 2 6 12 21 -4 24
11 Recoleta 20 5 8 7 23 27 10 4 4 2 15 11 10 1 4 5 8 16 -4 23
12 Deportes Santa Cruz 19 5 6 8 18 24 10 2 5 3 9 13 9 3 1 5 9 11 -6 21
13 Rangers 19 6 3 10 22 32 10 4 1 5 14 18 9 2 2 5 8 14 -10 21
14 Univ. Concepción 19 5 3 11 19 32 10 4 2 4 12 13 9 1 1 7 7 19 -13 18
15 Santiago Morning 18 4 5 9 19 26 8 4 0 4 12 12 10 0 5 5 7 14 -7 17
16 Puerto Montt 19 4 4 11 13 26 11 2 3 6 7 14 8 2 1 5 6 12 -13 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.