Curico Unido vs Deportes Santa Cruz — Primera B 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 37+ matches
Curico Unido41%
Deportes Santa Cruz32%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Curico Unido creates 16% more chances
Season form · 37 home / 112 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Curico Unido ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Curico Unido at home — creates 1.11, concedes 1.32 · 37 matches
Deportes Santa Cruz away — creates 0.97, concedes 1.56 · 112 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Curico Unido attack 1.11 + Deportes Santa Cruz defence 1.56 → ÷2 → 1.33
Deportes Santa Cruz attack 0.97 + Curico Unido defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.15
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 41%?"
Curico Unido at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 41% does not mean "Curico Unido will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
Cobreloa
San Marcos de Arica
Antofagasta
Santiago Wanderers
Deportes Copiapo
Magallanes
San Luis
Deportes Temuco
Concepción
Recoleta
Union San FelipeCurico Unido
Universidad de ConcepcionDeportes Santa Cruz
Rangers de Talca
D. Puerto Montt
Union Espanola
Santiago Morning
Deportes IquiqueIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Curico Unido host Deportes Santa Cruz on Friday, 18 April 2025 at 19:30. The match is part of the Primera B 2026/2027 season.
Primera B: Curico Unido 2–3 Deportes Santa Cruz
Deportes Santa Cruz beat Curico Unido 3-2 in Primera B on April 18, 2025.
The match was played at Estadio Bicentenario La Granja in Santa Cruz.