Primera B preview: Can Puerto Montt edge out victory against Fernández Vial?

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Mon 12.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue (10000 seats)

Primera B: What this fixture might lack in glamour it should make up for in guts and attitude. Bring on Puerto Montt - Fernández Vial!

Insights:
  • Fernández Vial have the fewest scored goals (18) in Primera B

This should be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Puerto Montt form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B for Puerto Montt at their home stadium (Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. Puerto Montt have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A strong away win for Puerto Montt against San Luis the last match, as Rosales, Ojeda and Nuñez were on target.

Before that, Puerto drew at home versus Santiago Wanderers.

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 Puerto Montt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 23 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 9 and lost 3.

Puerto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Puerto Montt have conceded only 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Fernández Vial form and stats

There's been little loot from Fernández Vial's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Primera B. Fernández Vial only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 7 draws. Visiting Fernández Vial has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Fernández's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Magallanes that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Fernández Vial drew the match against Magallanes. Manager Lira brought on Vranjicán to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

A loss against Santiago Morning was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Fernández are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Lacking goals? 11 of this team's latest 14 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Fernández Vial have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Puerto Montt have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Fernández Vial.

Puerto Montt and Fernández Vial have played each other before this season: Fernández Vial - Puerto 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Puerto MonttF. Nuñez Cortés
F. Nuñez Cortés
6 goals
Puerto MonttB. Valdivia Valdivia
B. Valdivia Valdivia
5 goals
Puerto MonttJ. Méndez Gonzalez
J. Méndez Gonzalez
4 goals

Puerto Montt missing players

Fernández Vial missing players

Puerto Montt Fernández Vial
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 12 25
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 2
11 6 2 Drew D 3 7 15
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 8
31 17 4 Scored S 5 10 18
27 9 1 Conceded C 7 16 27
88% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 72%
77% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 52%
38% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 28%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 24%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 46% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 44%
42% 54% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 32%
23% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 52%
 
3.5 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.8 5.3
5.1 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.8 4.2
2.6 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 3 2.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.5 10.4 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.7 9.8
3.6 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.8
33% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 19%
 
7.9 6 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.6 10.5
3.2 2.2 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.1 4.1
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Fernández Vial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fernández Vial have the fewest scored goals (18) 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 Magallanes 26 18 4 4 43 19 13 11 1 1 20 4 13 7 3 3 23 15 24 58
2 Cobreloa 26 16 6 4 31 18 13 12 1 0 21 6 13 4 5 4 10 12 13 54
3 Union San Felipe 26 13 7 6 34 22 13 9 3 1 19 7 13 4 4 5 15 15 12 46
4 Rangers 26 12 4 10 35 32 13 5 1 7 20 23 13 7 3 3 15 9 3 40
5 Copiapó 25 11 6 8 35 26 12 8 3 1 24 9 13 3 3 7 11 17 9 39
6 Puerto Montt 26 9 11 6 31 27 13 6 6 1 17 9 13 3 5 5 14 18 4 38
7 Santiago Wanderers 27 9 9 9 32 33 13 4 4 5 17 17 14 5 5 4 15 16 -1 36
8 Barnechea 26 8 8 10 36 35 13 6 4 3 22 13 13 2 4 7 14 22 1 32
9 Univ. Concepción 25 7 9 9 31 27 12 3 5 4 18 17 13 4 4 5 13 10 4 30
10 Deportes Santa Cruz 25 7 8 10 25 28 13 7 5 1 17 8 12 0 3 9 8 20 -3 29
11 Deportes Temuco 25 7 7 11 23 35 13 6 3 4 16 17 12 1 4 7 7 18 -12 28
12 San Luis 26 6 10 10 23 36 13 2 7 4 8 14 13 4 3 6 15 22 -13 28
13 Deportes Iquique 25 6 9 10 25 31 13 6 6 1 18 10 12 0 3 9 7 21 -6 27
14 Recoleta 25 6 8 11 26 33 12 3 4 5 16 18 13 3 4 6 10 15 -7 26
15 Santiago Morning 25 6 8 11 27 37 13 3 5 5 13 15 12 3 3 6 14 22 -10 26
16 Melipilla 25 6 7 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 13 13 13 1 5 7 10 19 -9 25
17 Fernández Vial 25 2 15 8 18 27 13 1 8 4 8 11 12 1 7 4 10 16 -9 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.