Evenly matched teams: Recoleta vs Deportes Santa Cruz match preview

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Recoleta (2000 seats)

Recoleta are aiming to set aside the league table before this game against Deportes Santa Cruz. Here's everything you must know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Recoleta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Recoleta's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Deportes Santa Cruz (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. What a relief, as that was the first league victory after playing, but not winning, six matches in a row.

1-1 away at San Luis before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Recoleta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 4.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Recoleta at home in the league. 6 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 6 matches.

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Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera B travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Deportes have lost on their last two travels.

Deportes Santa Cruz play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Recoleta (placed 12th).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Cobreloa.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Deportes Santa Cruz in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Deportes Santa Cruz, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Deportes when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this campaign: Recoleta - Deportes Santa Cruz 2-1. Recoleta-Deportes Santa Cruz H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Recoleta two wins, Deportes Santa Cruz one win, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes Santa CruzI. Lemmo Gervasio
I. Lemmo Gervasio
3 goals
RecoletaR. Riveros Uribe
R. Riveros Uribe
2 goals
RecoletaC. Servetti Rodríguez
C. Servetti Rodríguez
2 goals

Recoleta missing players

Deportes Santa Cruz missing players

Recoleta Deportes Santa Cruz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 6 0 Played P 3 5 10
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 3
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
3 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
9 6 0 Scored S 3 4 9
12 6 0 Conceded C 1 4 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 90%
80% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 40% 60%
30% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 30%
30% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 30%
 
5.2 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 5
6.4 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5.2
2.4 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.1 13.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 9.6 11.2
4 4.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.6 3.5
22% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 22% 26%
 
12.8 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.2 10.2
4.7 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 3.4
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • 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 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 San Luis 9 6 1 2 14 7 5 4 1 0 8 2 4 2 0 2 6 5 7 19
2 La Serena 9 6 1 2 12 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 5 3 0 2 7 5 6 19
3 Deportes Temuco 9 4 4 1 11 7 4 2 2 0 7 4 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 16
4 Rangers 9 4 3 2 13 11 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 15
5 Deportes Iquique 9 3 5 1 15 11 5 2 2 1 10 7 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 14
6 Cobreloa 9 4 2 3 10 9 5 3 0 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 14
7 Union San Felipe 9 4 1 4 13 13 3 1 1 1 3 4 6 3 0 3 10 9 0 13
8 Antofagasta 9 4 1 4 11 11 3 3 0 0 5 0 6 1 1 4 6 11 0 13
9 Deportes Santa Cruz 10 3 4 3 9 11 5 1 3 1 5 7 5 2 1 2 4 4 -2 13
10 Santiago Morning 9 3 2 4 12 11 5 3 0 2 9 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 11
11 Santiago Wanderers 9 3 2 4 10 12 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 1 0 3 3 7 -2 11
12 Recoleta 10 2 5 3 9 12 6 2 2 2 6 6 4 0 3 1 3 6 -3 11
13 Barnechea 9 3 1 5 10 13 4 2 1 1 5 2 5 1 0 4 5 11 -3 10
14 San Marcos 9 2 2 5 11 16 4 2 0 2 5 6 5 0 2 3 6 10 -5 8
15 Puerto Montt 8 1 3 4 5 9 5 0 2 3 2 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 -4 6
16 Univ. Concepcion 8 1 1 6 5 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 0 0 4 2 6 -6 4

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.