Primera B match prediction: Little separates Melipilla and Copiapó in quality

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana (6000 seats)

Melipilla get ready to host Copiapó for another interesting Primera B game here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana.

These teams have little in common geographically as Copiapó have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This looks to be an engrossing match with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Melipilla form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B for Melipilla at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de La Pintana) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for Melipilla against Recoleta the last match, as Alvarado (2) were on target.

In the match before that, Melipilla hosted Puerto Montt and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Melipilla perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Melipilla as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Melipilla has won five of these, drawn six and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melipilla at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Copiapó form and stats

Copiapó's last game was the home draw against Barnechea (1-1).

A 0-1 defeat away at Huachipato before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Copiapó playing away and similar expectations, we found 23 relevant matches. Results were eight Copiapó wins, seven draws and eight defeats.

Head 2 Head

Melipilla-Copiapó H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Melipilla five wins, Copiapó two wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

MelipillaD. Alvarado Rodriguez
D. Alvarado Rodriguez
2 goals
MelipillaM. Lopes Acevedo
M. Lopes Acevedo
1 goals
CopiapóM. Quinteros
M. Quinteros
1 goals

Melipilla missing players

Copiapó missing players

Melipilla Copiapó
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 1
5 3 1 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
4.8 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
3.2 3.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 17
5.2 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
14% 12% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
9 9.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
4 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Melipilla Last season Copiapó
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   1 2
10 5   Won W   0 0
8 7   Drew D   0 0
14 4   Lost L   1 2
39 23   Scored S   0 2
51 21   Conceded C   1 4
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 50%
50% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 50%
25% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 50%
12% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 50%
56% 69%   BTTS BTTS   0% 50%
16% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
28% 12%   Failed to Score F T   100% 50%
 
4.5 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   2 2
5.6 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   7 7
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   7 7
5 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.3 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   7 7
4.2 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
13.2 13.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9 9
4.8 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2 2

  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 4 4 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 12
2 Cobreloa 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 9
3 Rangers 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
4 Santiago Morning 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
5 Deportes Temuco 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
6 Fernandez Vial 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
7 Barnechea 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
8 Union San Felipe 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Deportes Iquique 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
10 Univ. Concepcion 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 -1 4
11 Melipilla 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -2 4
12 Santiago Wanderers 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
13 Recoleta 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
14 Puerto Montt 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
15 Copiapó 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Deportes Santa Cruz 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
17 San Luis 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 -5 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Universidad Catolica 32 22 2 8 65 34 16 14 2 0 39 12 16 8 0 8 26 22 31 68
2 Colo-Colo 32 19 5 8 49 26 16 9 2 5 20 9 16 10 3 3 29 17 23 62
3 Audax Italiano 32 14 12 6 39 31 16 8 4 4 20 17 16 6 8 2 19 14 8 54
4 Unión La Calera 32 15 6 11 41 40 16 7 2 7 17 20 16 8 4 4 24 20 1 51
5 Union Espanola 32 15 3 14 48 50 16 9 2 5 29 25 16 6 1 9 19 25 -2 48
6 Antofagasta 32 12 11 9 34 36 16 9 2 5 20 17 16 3 9 4 14 19 -2 47
7 Ñublense 32 11 11 10 49 37 16 7 5 4 27 14 16 4 6 6 22 23 12 44
8 Palestino 32 11 8 13 48 50 16 6 4 6 26 26 16 5 4 7 22 24 -2 41
9 Cobresal 32 11 7 14 40 39 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 4 3 9 14 21 1 40
10 La Serena 32 9 12 11 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 20 16 3 7 6 19 22 -2 39
11 Universidad Chile 32 10 9 13 34 37 16 5 5 6 17 19 16 5 4 7 17 18 -3 39
12 Everton 32 10 9 13 29 35 16 6 4 6 14 17 16 4 5 7 15 18 -6 39
13 O'Higgins 32 9 11 12 31 41 16 5 6 5 16 19 16 4 5 7 15 22 -10 38
14 Melipilla 32 10 8 14 39 51 16 5 7 4 23 21 16 5 1 10 16 30 -12 38
15 Curico Unido 32 8 13 11 37 39 16 4 8 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 18 20 -2 37
16 Huachipato 32 8 13 11 36 41 16 5 7 4 16 15 16 3 6 7 20 26 -5 37
17 Santiago Wanderers 32 5 6 21 24 54 16 3 4 9 15 30 16 2 2 12 9 24 -30 21

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.