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Deportes Santa Cruz — Unión Española: 1:1, Primera B

Primera B
Deportes Santa Cruz L17 Aug · Home San Luis FC · 0:2L22 Aug · Away Magallanes CF · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Union San Felipe · 0:0D5 Sep · Home Unión Española · 1:1W10 Sep · Away Deportes Iquique · 1:0D14 Sep · Home Recoleta · 0:0
1:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Unión Española W22 Aug · Away Cobreloa · 1:0L27 Aug · Away Colo-Colo · 0:3L29 Aug · Home Rangers de Talca · 0:1D5 Sep · Away Deportes Santa Cruz · 1:1L9 Sep · Away Curicó Unido · 1:2D16 Sep · Home Deportes Temuco · 1:1
Venue: Estadio Municipal Joaquín Muñoz García City: Santa Cruz

In the Primera B game on 5 September 2026, Deportes Santa Cruz beat Unión Española 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 8:7, shots off target 4:7.

Match report

Deportes Santa Cruz and Unión Española played out a 1:1 draw in the Primera B's regular season on Friday, 5 September 2026. The result leaves the hosts rooted to 15th place while the visitors remain comfortably in sixth.

Vilches Araneda broke the deadlock in the fifteenth minute, and Santa Cruz held on despite a yellow card from L. Molina on the opening minute. Unión pushed for an equaliser, and Pinto found one in the sixtieth, but the visitors could not take control as the game tightened.

By then the match had turned. Pinto was substituted in the seventy-first minute, and Romero received a red card in the seventy-fifth. Unión played the second half a man up and went for the jugular, but Santa Cruz kept their side in it until the final whistle.

Both sides registered similar numbers — 144 and 151 attacks, eight and seven shots on target — with possession split evenly at fifty per cent. The statistics suggest a contest where chances were created but not fully converted.

Santa Cruz sit fifteen with twenty-three points from twenty-three games, while Unión occupy sixth on thirty-five. The away side's position remains secure, but the hosts are still searching for consistency after a run of three consecutive scoreless draws.

We had tipped an away win with forty-two per cent confidence, but the match went another way. What broke the prediction was not the scoreline itself but the timing of the red card — the momentum shifted before Unión could finish the job.

Prepared from match data

Video

Match highlights Deportes Santa Cruz — Unión Española TNT Sports Chile

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50
Shots on target 8 – 7
Shots off target 4 – 7
Attacks 144 – 151

Match events

  1. 1' 0:0 Unión Española Yellow card L. Molina
  2. 9' 0:0 Unión Española Yellow card G. Norambuena
  3. 15' 0:1 Unión Española Goal A. Vilches Araneda
  4. 45' 0:1 Unión Española Yellow card R. Alarcon
  5. 50' 0:1 Unión Española Yellow card K. Contreras
  6. 51' 0:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Yellow card B. Camisassa
  7. 55' 0:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Yellow card M. Pinto
  8. 60' 1:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Goal M. Pinto
  9. 64' 1:1 Unión Española Substitution B. Droguett off: R. Vasquez
  10. 65' 1:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Substitution J. Delgado off: C. Moreno
  11. 65' 1:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Substitution P. Brito off: S. Mederos
  12. 71' 1:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Substitution M. Pinto off: F. Orellana
  13. 75' 1:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Red card N. Romero
  14. 76' 1:1 Unión Española Substitution L. Molina off: W. Machado
  15. 76' 1:1 Unión Española Substitution A. Vilches Araneda off: M. Ortiz
  16. 89' 1:1 Unión Española Yellow card M. Ortiz
  17. 89' 1:1 Deportes Santa Cruz Substitution N. Zeineddin off: H. Cavero

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50
8 Shots on target 7
4 Shots off target 7
144 Attacks 151
3 Corners 3
22 Free kicks 17
3 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 5
1 Red cards 0
14 Goal kicks 5
13 Throw-ins 10

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

Match prediction: Deportes Santa Cruz — Unión Española

Win: Unión Española

Confidence 42%

Reasoning

  • Депортес Санта-Крус — 15. place, 17 points after 22 games (3 wins, 8 draws, 11 losses)
  • Уньон Эспаньола — 6. place, 34 points after 22 games (10 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses)
  • Депортес Санта-Крус, last 5 games: 1 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses
  • Уньон Эспаньола, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 losses
  • Head-to-head: 1 games, Депортес Санта-Крус — 0, Уньон Эспаньола — 1
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L17 Aug · Home San Luis FC · 0:2L22 Aug · Away Magallanes CF · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Union San Felipe · 0:0D5 Sep · Home Unión Española · 1:1W10 Sep · Away Deportes Iquique · 1:0D14 Sep · Home Recoleta · 0:0

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W22 Aug · Away Cobreloa · 1:0L27 Aug · Away Colo-Colo · 0:3L29 Aug · Home Rangers de Talca · 0:1D5 Sep · Away Deportes Santa Cruz · 1:1L9 Sep · Away Curicó Unido · 1:2D16 Sep · Home Deportes Temuco · 1:1

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