Match Report
The table read 16th (Rangers, 15 pts) against 15th (Deportes Santa Cruz, 18 pts), 3 points apart. Recent form flatters Rangers's table spot — 5th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Per game in the league, Rangers were scoring 0.87 and conceding 1.61, Deportes Santa Cruz 1.09 and 1.65, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Rangers had been beaten in three straight games. A win had eluded Deportes Santa Cruz for 9 matches.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Rangers, 3 draws and 3 for Deportes Santa Cruz, at 3.22 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 78% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 78%.
With 33 matches recorded and 1.4 yellow cards per game, Diego Flores Seguel was the man in the middle. The match was played at Estadio Fiscal de Talca (capacity 8,200). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Deportes Santa Cruz: Felipe Orellana (70')
Key stats
Possession: Rangers 58% · Deportes Santa Cruz 42% · Total shots: 19-15 · On target: 0-1 · Corners: 7-8