Primera B game lowdown: Melipilla against Deportes Santa Cruz

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana (6000 seats)

Primera B: What this match might lack in glamour it should compensate in energy and commitment. Bring on Melipilla - Deportes Santa Cruz!

Insights:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Primera B

This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Melipilla form and stats

Melipilla have collected 11 points from their Primera B home games so far after 3-2-2.

Melipilla travelled for their previous game, a trip to Santiago Morning that ended 1-1.

Before that, Melipilla played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Fernández Vial.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melipilla handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

The Melipilla fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches.

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

Deportes Santa Cruz have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Primera B, after 0-1-5 (6 played). Deportes Santa Cruz has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Deportes Santa Cruz goalkeeper Gonzalo Flores is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Becica secured the home win 2-0 against San Luis in their previous game.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Recoleta.

Deportes are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous four meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Melipilla, two draws and one win for Deportes Santa Cruz. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes Santa CruzP. Muñoz Zúñiga
P. Muñoz Zúñiga
7 goals
MelipillaD. Alvarado Rodriguez
D. Alvarado Rodriguez
3 goals
MelipillaM. Lopes Acevedo
M. Lopes Acevedo
3 goals

Melipilla missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Melipilla Deportes Santa Cruz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 3 5 11
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
4 1 1 Lost L 2 4 5
8 3 0 Scored S 3 4 12
11 4 2 Conceded C 7 10 16
90% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
30% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 55%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 64%
10% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
40% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 18%
 
5.9 5.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.2 5.1
5.4 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5.4 5
3.2 3.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.4 11.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.8 12.8
5.1 5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.6 5.2
16% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 17% 21%
 
10.7 11.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 14.2 11.9
4.7 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.8 5
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the fewest points (1) away in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Primera B
  • Deportes Santa Cruz have yet to win a game away.
  • Deportes Santa Cruz 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 Magallanes 14 13 1 0 29 9 7 7 0 0 13 2 7 6 1 0 16 7 20 40
2 Rangers 14 8 1 5 21 16 7 3 0 4 11 12 7 5 1 1 10 4 5 25
3 Union San Felipe 12 7 3 2 15 7 7 5 2 0 9 2 5 2 1 2 6 5 8 24
4 Copiapo 13 6 4 3 21 12 7 5 2 0 16 4 6 1 2 3 5 8 9 22
5 Cobreloa 12 6 3 3 17 13 5 4 1 0 11 5 7 2 2 3 6 8 4 21
6 Santiago Morning 13 4 6 3 18 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 6 2 2 2 10 10 1 18
7 Puerto Montt 14 4 6 4 15 17 6 4 2 0 10 2 8 0 4 4 5 15 -2 18
8 Barnechea 13 4 5 4 21 19 6 2 3 1 12 7 7 2 2 3 9 12 2 17
9 Melipilla 14 4 5 5 14 15 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 1 3 3 6 8 -1 17
10 Deportes Temuco 14 4 5 5 15 18 7 4 2 1 10 7 7 0 3 4 5 11 -3 17
11 Deportes Iquique 14 3 6 5 13 19 7 3 3 1 9 7 7 0 3 4 4 12 -6 15
12 Santiago Wanderers 13 2 6 5 11 17 6 1 2 3 6 10 7 1 4 2 5 7 -6 12
13 Fernández Vial 14 1 9 4 9 15 7 1 4 2 4 5 7 0 5 2 5 10 -6 12
14 San Luis 14 2 6 6 12 20 7 1 4 2 5 7 7 1 2 4 7 13 -8 12
15 Deportes Santa Cruz 13 2 5 6 13 18 7 2 4 1 8 6 6 0 1 5 5 12 -5 11
16 Recoleta 13 2 4 7 11 17 7 2 2 3 9 9 6 0 2 4 2 8 -6 10
17 Univ. Concepcion 14 1 7 6 10 16 7 0 4 3 6 11 7 1 3 3 4 5 -6 10

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.