An important duel in the bottom section of the Primera B, with both San Marcos and Deportes Santa Cruz experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 11th and the visitors in 13th place.
It's no vacation for neither Marcos nor Deportes Santa Cruz 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.
It's quite the trip for Deportes Santa Cruz when visiting Marcos as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
San Marcos form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for San Marcos's two home games in the Primera B so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio CAP.
Marcos are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Union San Felipe. Before that, San Marcos drew at home versus Deportes Valdivia.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Marcos as they are travelling to their away game against Puerto Montt in the Primera B. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the San Marcos at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Deportes Santa Cruz form and stats
The visitors, who have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Primera B, are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Primera B.
The manager O. Hurtado Galleguillos was unhappy after their last game, a Primera B match played at their home ground Estadio Municipal de Santa Cruz. Deportes Santa Cruz suffered a 0-3 loss to Magallanes (placed 5th). Prior to that result Deportes won their away game at Barnechea. The scoreline was 3-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Copiapó in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Deportes have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Deportes have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Vilches Araneda 7 goals |
San Marcos missing players
Deportes Santa Cruz missing players
| San Marcos | Deportes Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 17% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 89 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 45 | 98 |
| 39 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 24 | 43 |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 29% | 26% |
- Deportes Santa Cruz has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz has the the worst goal difference (-8) in Primera B
- Deportes Santa Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals away as San Marcos have scored home.
- San Marcos has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Primera B
- San Marcos has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Primera B
- San Marcos has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Primera B
- San Marcos have not yet lost a game 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 | Union San Felipe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Nublense | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Rangers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Melipilla | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Magallanes | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Deportes Valdivia | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | San Luis | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Puerto Montt | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Deportes Temuco | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Cobreloa | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | San Marcos | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Copiapó | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Barnechea | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Santiago Morning | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 9 |