The league table is allowed to rest as La Serena and Colo-Colo battle for Chilean Cup honors in this first 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
The hosts Serena saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Chilean Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Colina, was also a home game here at Estadio La Portada de Serena. The away team is better rested.
La Serena form and stats
Serena participated in Chilean Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round and lost against Universidad Católica.When playing at home in the Primera Division, La Serena have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio La Portada de Serena.
A nice win for La Serena last time playing, versus Colina. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with G. Zuleta, J. Benítez (2), D. Pérez and C. Munder scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Serena "killed" Colina in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Colina and winning 2-1.There will be little rest for La Serena after this match as they are travelling to Colo-Colo for a Chilean Cup game in only three days.
La Serena have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively La Serena have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colo-Colo form and stats
Colo-Colo was sent out of Chilean Cup in the copa libertadores play-offs last season.Playing away, Colo-Colo have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Primera Division this season.
203 minutes! That's how long the Colo-Colo goalkeeper Brayan Josue Cortes Fernandez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Colo-Colo's previous game versus La Serena, a Primera Division 2-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Huachipato at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting La Serena in just three days.
Colo-Colo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. As for defending, Colo-Colo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Serena wins - draws - Colo-Colo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Morales Bravo 5 goals |  S. Leyton Hevia 4 goals | J. Martínez Ruiz 2 goals |
La Serena missing players
Colo-Colo missing players
| La Serena | Colo-Colo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Audax Italiano | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Union La Calera | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Ñublense | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Colo-Colo | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | O'Higgins | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | La Serena | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Union Espanola | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Melipilla | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Everton | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Antofagasta | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Universidad Chile | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Cobresal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Palestino | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Huachipato | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Curico Unido | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 1 |