Deportes Santa Cruz vs Curico Unido — Copa Chile 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 10+ matches
Deportes Santa Cruz42%
Curico Unido34%✓ 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.
Deportes Santa Cruz creates 12% more chances
Season form · 10 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over57
- Under43
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes60
- No40
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Deportes Santa Cruz ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Deportes Santa Cruz at home — creates 1.50, concedes 1.40 · 10 matches
Curico Unido away — creates 1.42, concedes 1.67 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Deportes Santa Cruz attack 1.50 + Curico Unido defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.58
Curico Unido attack 1.42 + Deportes Santa Cruz defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.41
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 42%?"
Deportes Santa Cruz at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Deportes Santa Cruz 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
Deportes LimacheDeportes Santa Cruz
Antofagasta
U. Catolica
Universidad de Chile
Deportes Iquique
Coquimbo Unido
D. Puerto MonttCurico Unido
A. Italiano
Rangers de Talca
Union San Felipe
Deportes Temuco
Union La Calera
Palestino
Everton de Vina
Cobreloa
Union Espanola
Concepción
Recoleta
Deportes Copiapo
D. La Serena
Colo Colo
Nublense
Huachipato
Santiago Wanderers
O'Higgins
San Luis
Universidad de Concepcion
Cobresal
San Marcos de Arica
MagallanesIf 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
Deportes Santa Cruz host Curico Unido on Sunday, 2 February 2025 at 23:00. The match is part of the Copa Chile 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Deportes Santa Cruz vs Curico Unido
Curico Unido beat Deportes Santa Cruz 2-0 in Copa Chile on February 2, 2025.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal Joaquín Muñoz García in Santa Cruz.