The league table is allowed to rest as Ñublense and Independiente battle for Chilean Cup honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ñublense form and stats
Ñublense participated in Chilean Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Everton.Ñublense have performed here at Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún this season with 5 wins from 7 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
The home team returns to Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún after drawing with Colo-Colo on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Before that, Ñublense had a Primera Division home game versus Curico Unido which ended with a victory 3-1.Goals decide football matches and Ñublense are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Ñublense have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Independiente form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rangers and Union Bellavista in order to reach 3rd round of Chilean Cup. They also participated in Chilean Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W1-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda División.
Impressive finishing from Pinto secured the home win 1-0 against Iberia in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager López when Pinto scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute.
A 0-3 loss hosting San Antonio Unido before that.Independiente's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aravena Guzmán 6 goals | P. Rubio Pulgar 4 goals |  D. Vallejos Hernández 3 goals |
Ñublense missing players
Independiente missing players
| Ñublense | Independiente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.1 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 11.5 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 29 |
| 2 | Ñublense | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Curico Unido | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
| 5 | Cobresal | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Huachipato | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 7 | O'Higgins | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 8 | Everton | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Palestino | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Universidad Católica | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Universidad Chile | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Audax Italiano | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | La Serena | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Unión La Calera | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Antofagasta | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Marcos | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | General Velasquez | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Rodelindo Roman | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Concepcion | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Trasandino | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | San Antonio Unido | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Iberia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Deportes Valdivia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Real San Joaquin | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Lautaro de Buin | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Independiente | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Deportes Limache | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
