The league table is allowed to rest as Antofagasta and Curicó Unido battle for Chilean Cup honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
These teams have little in common geographically as Curicó Unido have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Antofagasta and Curicó Unido.
Antofagasta form and stats
Last season, Antofagasta's Chilean Cup journey ended in the 2nd round against Coquimbo Unido.Antofagasta have played 10 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán after drawing with Union La Calera on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Torrente made a successful contribution in the game against Union La Calera, bringing on Flores who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
A Primera Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Colo-Colo.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Antofagasta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 4.
The manager Torrente will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Curicó Unido in only four days.
On the other hand, Antofagasta have conceded 11 goals.
Curicó Unido form and stats
Curicó Unido's mission in Chilean Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Playing away, Curicó Unido have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
Curicó Unido go into this game after a win, the home game against Universidad Chile that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to O'Higgins.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Curicó in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Curicó Unido, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Curicó Unido, the Chilean Cup home match versus Antofagasta. Busy days.
The visiting Curicó have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Curicó Unido have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Curicó Unido have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (2-4-0) when facing Antofagasta.The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Coelho Díaz 8 goals | R. Holgado 8 goals |  J. Flores Abrigo 5 goals |
Antofagasta missing players
Curicó Unido missing players
| Antofagasta | Curicó Unido | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 48 |
| 2 | Curicó Unido | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Ñublense | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Union Espanola | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Palestino | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Cobresal | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Everton | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | O'Higgins | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Huachipato | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 28 |
| 11 | Universidad Catolica | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Union La Calera | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 23 |
| 13 | Universidad Chile | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | La Serena | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 15 | Antofagasta | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Coquimbo Unido | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -17 | 19 |
