The visiting La Serena side should be favourites in this visit to Magallanes, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
Magallanes are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions.
Magallanes form and stats
Magallanes's struggle is real here with only 13 points collected from 13 Primera B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6. It's been an uphill battle for Magallanes in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Deportes Temuco game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
Magallanes manager A. Pereyra and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Rangers (placed 13th) in the Primera B. Before that game, the home loss against Santiago Wanderers with the scoreline 0-2.
Magallanes has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Magallanes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
La Serena form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of La Serena playing as the away team in the Primera B this season.
The supporters enjoyed La Serena's previous game versus Union San Felipe (placed 7th), a Primera B 4-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the La Serena manager G. Benavente faced defeat when travelling to Deportes Temuco and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, La Serena was the only team on the pitch versus Union San Felipe in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
La Serena are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). La Serena have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: La Serena - Magallanes 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Magallanes won 3, La Serena won 3 and 4 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ruiz 6 goals |  M. Silva 5 goals |  R. Paredes 5 goals |
Magallanes missing players
La Serena missing players
| Magallanes | La Serena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 27 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 86% | 85% |
| 77% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 74% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 41% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 22% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 50% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 43% | 41% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 36% | 44% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 30% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 5 |
- La Serena have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- La Serena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- La Serena have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Magallanes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Santiago Wanderers | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
| 2 | La Serena | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | Nublense | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 | Barnechea | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 40 |
| 5 | Cobreloa | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Melipilla | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Union San Felipe | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | Deportes Temuco | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Copiapó | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 38 |
| 10 | Puerto Montt | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
| 11 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -5 | 37 |
| 12 | Santiago Morning | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Rangers | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | San Luis | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Magallanes | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 25 |
| 16 | Deportes Valdivia | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -21 | 19 |