Can Puerto Montt beat Melipilla in Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue clash?

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue (10000 seats)

Puerto Montt and Melipilla are both riding high in the Primera B with their 4th and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Puerto Montt have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Melipilla has the fewest conceded goals (23) in Primera B

It's no vacation for neither Puerto Montt nor Melipilla as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Puerto's stadium, Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue, has a artifical turf surface. Melipilla have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Melipilla when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from four matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 4.

These teams have little in common geographically as Melipilla have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Puerto Montt form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue as Puerto Montt have scored 25 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Primera B are 8-6-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Puerto fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Bicentenario de Chinquihue and will expect new points from this game. Puerto Montt has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Magallanes.

The Puerto Montt fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 14 league matches. Puerto have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Melipilla form and stats

Playing away, Melipilla, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Primera B, have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Primera B this season. Two points from the last two away games for Melipilla, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Before that, Melipilla travelled to Union San Felipe and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, Melipilla drew the match against Puerto Montt. Manager J. Armijo brought on M. Escalona to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Melipilla have scored 15 goals in 14 league games away. As opposed to that, Melipilla have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Melipilla - Puerto 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Puerto one win, six draws and Melipilla three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PuertoI. Lemmo Gervasio
I. Lemmo Gervasio
12 goals
MelipillaG. Sosa
G. Sosa
12 goals
Puerto MonttN. Gauna
N. Gauna
11 goals

Puerto Montt missing players

Melipilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Puerto Montt Melipilla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
11 8 2 Won W 0 5 11
10 6 1 Drew D 1 5 10
8 0 0 Lost L 2 4 8
38 25 4 Scored S 1 15 32
30 9 2 Conceded C 6 14 25
86% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 83%
66% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 55%
41% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 31%
28% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 17%
14% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
48% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 31%
34% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 48%
31% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
7.8 7.9 3.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 9.8 10.4
3.2 3.1 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.4 4.5
40% 58% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 25%
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Melipilla has the fewest conceded goals (14) away in Primera B
  • Melipilla has the fewest conceded goals (23) in Primera B
  • Melipilla has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Primera B
  • Melipilla has the most clean sheets (14) in Primera B
  • Melipilla has the most clean sheets (7) away in Primera B
  • Melipilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Nublense 28 15 5 8 51 33 14 11 1 2 33 15 14 4 4 6 18 18 18 50
2 Union San Felipe 28 12 10 6 37 25 14 6 7 1 16 9 14 6 3 5 21 16 12 46
3 Rangers 28 12 9 7 43 39 14 10 2 2 29 14 14 2 7 5 14 25 4 45
4 Puerto Montt 28 11 9 8 36 28 14 8 6 0 25 9 14 3 3 8 11 19 8 42
5 Melipilla 28 11 9 8 30 23 14 6 4 4 15 9 14 5 5 4 15 14 7 42
6 Deportes Temuco 28 11 8 9 35 34 14 6 4 4 13 12 14 5 4 5 22 22 1 41
7 San Marcos 28 12 5 11 27 29 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 5 1 8 13 19 -2 41
8 Magallanes 28 9 13 6 31 25 14 5 9 0 16 10 14 4 4 6 15 15 6 40
9 Copiapo 28 10 9 9 48 46 14 7 3 4 28 20 14 3 6 5 20 26 2 39
10 Cobreloa 28 9 9 10 37 33 14 6 4 4 23 12 14 3 5 6 14 21 4 36
11 San Luis 28 8 9 11 31 35 14 4 5 5 19 16 14 4 4 6 12 19 -4 33
12 Santiago Morning 28 7 10 11 29 39 14 3 6 5 15 22 14 4 4 6 14 17 -10 31
13 Barnechea 28 7 9 12 39 45 14 6 4 4 29 22 14 1 5 8 10 23 -6 30
14 Deportes Valdivia 28 6 10 12 34 48 14 6 5 3 18 17 14 0 5 9 16 31 -14 28
15 Deportes Santa Cruz 28 6 4 18 28 54 14 4 0 10 16 30 14 2 4 8 12 24 -26 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nublense 28 15 5 8 51 33 14 11 1 2 33 15 14 4 4 6 18 18 18 50
2 Union San Felipe 28 12 10 6 37 25 14 6 7 1 16 9 14 6 3 5 21 16 12 46
3 Rangers 28 12 9 7 43 39 14 10 2 2 29 14 14 2 7 5 14 25 4 45
4 Puerto Montt 28 11 9 8 36 28 14 8 6 0 25 9 14 3 3 8 11 19 8 42
5 Melipilla 28 11 9 8 30 23 14 6 4 4 15 9 14 5 5 4 15 14 7 42
6 Deportes Temuco 28 11 8 9 35 34 14 6 4 4 13 12 14 5 4 5 22 22 1 41
7 San Marcos 28 12 5 11 27 29 14 7 4 3 14 10 14 5 1 8 13 19 -2 41
8 Magallanes 28 9 13 6 31 25 14 5 9 0 16 10 14 4 4 6 15 15 6 40
9 Copiapo 28 10 9 9 48 46 14 7 3 4 28 20 14 3 6 5 20 26 2 39
10 Cobreloa 28 9 9 10 37 33 14 6 4 4 23 12 14 3 5 6 14 21 4 36
11 San Luis 28 8 9 11 31 35 14 4 5 5 19 16 14 4 4 6 12 19 -4 33
12 Santiago Morning 28 7 10 11 29 39 14 3 6 5 15 22 14 4 4 6 14 17 -10 31
13 Barnechea 28 7 9 12 39 45 14 6 4 4 29 22 14 1 5 8 10 23 -6 30
14 Deportes Valdivia 28 6 10 12 34 48 14 6 5 3 18 17 14 0 5 9 16 31 -14 28
15 Deportes Santa Cruz 28 6 4 18 28 54 14 4 0 10 16 30 14 2 4 8 12 24 -26 22

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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.