Recoleta vs Cobreloa: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Fri 08.Sep
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Recoleta (2000 seats)

Primera B: Recoleta are 12 points short of Cobreloa, but are driven to go all in. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Recoleta is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Cobreloa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Cobreloa when visiting Recoleta as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Recoleta form and stats

The story so far in the Primera B for Recoleta at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal de Recoleta) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Recoleta are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio Municipal de Recoleta, having lost their two previous games here.

The home team returns to Estadio Municipal de Recoleta after drawing with Deportes Santa Cruz (placed 12th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against San Luis with the scoreline 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Recoleta perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Recoleta as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Recoleta has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 13 most recent league matches shows that 11 of them had goals from both teams.

The Recoleta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. Recoleta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cobreloa form and stats

Cobreloa have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Primera B, after 1-6-5 (12 played).

Cobreloa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Deportes Iquique (placed 2nd).

Before that one, the victory at home against Cobresal in the Chilean Cup (4-2). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Cobreloa in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cobreloa, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The visiting Cobreloa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Cobreloa have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Recoleta and Cobreloa have duelled before this season: Cobreloa - Recoleta 3-0. Numbers for the last three meetings involving these two participants are: zero wins for Recoleta, zero draws and three wins for Cobreloa. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

RecoletaR. Riveros Uribe
R. Riveros Uribe
7 goals
CobreloaG. Gotti
G. Gotti
7 goals
RecoletaC. Servetti Rodríguez
C. Servetti Rodríguez
4 goals

Recoleta missing players

Cobreloa missing players

Recoleta Cobreloa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 23
5 4 1 Won W 1 1 10
9 4 1 Drew D 3 6 6
11 4 1 Lost L 0 5 7
28 17 7 Scored S 6 14 30
36 15 5 Conceded C 4 18 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 70%
48% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 43%
16% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 17%
12% 17% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 9%
72% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 48%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 39%
28% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 17%
 
4.5 5.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.3
6.3 5.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4.2
2.6 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 3
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.3 14.9 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 12.2 13
4.2 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.9
27% 26% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 33%
 
13.6 12.3 17 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 13.5 10.8
4.8 4.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 2.8
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Cobreloa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Recoleta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Recoleta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Recoleta have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Primera B
  • Recoleta have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera B
  • Recoleta have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Recoleta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Recoleta is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antofagasta 24 13 3 8 43 27 12 8 1 3 25 10 12 5 2 5 18 17 16 42
2 Deportes Iquique 25 11 9 5 44 33 12 6 3 3 23 19 13 5 6 2 21 14 11 42
3 Deportes Temuco 25 12 6 7 33 31 13 8 2 3 22 15 12 4 4 4 11 16 2 42
4 La Serena 25 12 5 8 34 26 13 7 4 2 18 12 12 5 1 6 16 14 8 41
5 Union San Felipe 25 11 6 8 39 30 12 5 5 2 20 12 13 6 1 6 19 18 9 39
6 San Luis 25 11 6 8 35 26 12 6 3 3 19 12 13 5 3 5 16 14 9 39
7 Santiago Wanderers 24 10 8 6 28 24 13 5 7 1 17 10 11 5 1 5 11 14 4 38
8 Cobreloa 23 10 6 7 30 25 11 9 0 2 16 7 12 1 6 5 14 18 5 36
9 San Marcos 25 9 5 11 39 41 12 8 1 3 25 15 13 1 4 8 14 26 -2 32
10 Barnechea 25 8 7 10 28 33 12 6 4 2 14 7 13 2 3 8 14 26 -5 31
11 Univ. Concepcion 25 8 5 12 30 40 13 6 3 4 19 17 12 2 2 8 11 23 -10 29
12 Deportes Santa Cruz 23 7 7 9 21 26 12 3 6 3 11 14 11 4 1 6 10 12 -5 28
13 Rangers 24 8 4 12 30 41 12 6 1 5 18 19 12 2 3 7 12 22 -11 28
14 Recoleta 25 5 9 11 28 36 12 4 4 4 17 15 13 1 5 7 11 21 -8 24
15 Santiago Morning 24 6 6 12 23 32 12 5 1 6 13 16 12 1 5 6 10 16 -9 24
16 Puerto Montt 25 6 6 13 20 34 13 3 4 6 11 17 12 3 2 7 9 17 -14 24

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.