December 8, 2024, 1:30 PM
December 8, 2024, 1:30 PM
A new edition of the Santa Cruz classic between Blooming and Oriente Petrolero, the most exciting and one of the most important in the country, will be played this Sunday at the Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera stadium, starting at 7:30 p.m., for the 26th date of the Clausura tournament of the Professional Division.
Next, at El Deber Sports, we will tell you the most relevant information about this particular match that will attract the attention of thousands of Bolivian football followers.
Blooming and Oriente have faced each other 201 times in the professional era; The light blue ones won 61 times, the albiverdes 78 and points were shared with 62 draws.
Over the years, 557 goals have been scored in the Santa Cruz classic: 297 for Oriente and 260 for Blooming.
Horacio Baldessari and Gualberto Mojica, both with 17 goals. The Argentine and the Bolivian wore the shirts of both clubs.
The player with the most appearances in the Santa Cruz classic is Joselito Vaca, who played a total of 74 games. He played 26 with the Oriente shirt and 48 with Blooming.
This Sunday marks 798 days since the last time Oriente celebrated in a classic. Their last victory was on October 2, 2022 with a solitary goal from Jorge Correa to declare the final 1-0. After that meeting, they have faced each other five times: two draws and three victories for Blooming.
Blooming is the favorite to win the three points given its position in the table. In the accumulated ranking, it is in sixth place and, for the moment, it is qualifying for the Copa Libertadores 2025 as Bolivia 4.
For its part, the East is experiencing an extremely complicated present due to the deep economic and institutional crisis it is going through. It is in thirteenth place, far from the international cup zone and 10 points away from indirect relegation.
