The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Puerto Montt are in the 8th position while the guesting Deportes Santa Cruz worry at 14th.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Deportes Santa Cruz's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Deportes Santa Cruz have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats with the goal stats 0-0 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Puerto Montt form and stats
Puerto Montt, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Primera B, have collected 13 points from their Primera B home games so far after 3-4-0.
The Puerto Montt supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host San Marcos in Primera B and win 3-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Melipilla.
Puerto has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Puerto have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Deportes Santa Cruz, who have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Primera B, playing as the away team in the Primera B this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Deportes as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Barnechea match.
Deportes might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Copiapó proved too strong as Deportes Santa Cruz slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz. Prior to that match, the Deportes manager O. Hurtado Galleguillos faced defeat when travelling to San Marcos and losing 1-2.
The visiting Deportes have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Deportes Santa Cruz have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Deportes Santa Cruz - Puerto 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Puerto one win, one draw and Deportes Santa Cruz one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Lemmo Gervasio 12 goals | N. Gauna 11 goals |
Puerto Montt missing players
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
| Puerto Montt | Deportes Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 86% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 71% |
| 21% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 43% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 14% |
| 50% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 29% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 101 | 58 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 53 | 116 |
| 40 | 22 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 28 | 48 |
| 25% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | 27% |
- Deportes Santa Cruz has the the worst goal difference (-12) in Primera B
- Puerto Montt has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Primera B
- Puerto Montt has the fewest scored goals (12) in Primera B
- Puerto Montt has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Primera B
- Puerto Montt have not yet lost a game at home.
- Puerto Montt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Puerto Montt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ñublense | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Melipilla | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Magallanes | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Rangers | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Union San Felipe | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Copiapó | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Deportes Valdivia | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Puerto Montt | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | San Luis | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | San Marcos | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Cobreloa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Deportes Temuco | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Barnechea | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 14 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Santiago Morning | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 10 |