A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Unión Española and Antofagasta know what's at stake in this second leg of the Chilean Cup Quarter-finals clash.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Antofagasta, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Española nor Antofagasta as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Unión Española form and stats
Unión Española participated in Chilean Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Colo-Colo.Unión Española have collected 17 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 4-5-3.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 187 minutes without scoring a league goal. Rivero was the last player to find the net.
Unión Española are returning here after guesting Antofagasta in a Chilean Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Unión Española lost 0-1 at home to La Serena.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Española have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
The Unión Española fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Unión Española have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Antofagasta form and stats
Antofagasta's mission in Chilean Cup last season failed in the 2nd round against Coquimbo Unido.There's been little loot from Antofagasta's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the Primera Division. Antofagasta only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws.
Antofagasta have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 188 minutes ago. Figueroa was the goal scorer.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Chilean Cup home loss versus Unión Española with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Curico Unido in the Primera Division.Antofagasta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Antofagasta now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Huachipato is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Antofagasta as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Antofagasta have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Antofagasta - Unión Española 1-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams previously met, earlier this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two contenders are: five wins for Española, three draws and two wins for Antofagasta. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Garate 9 goals |  R. Piñeiro Silva 6 goals |  J. Flores Abrigo 5 goals |
Unión Española missing players
Antofagasta missing players
| Unión Española | Antofagasta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 27 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 28% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Curico Unido | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 43 |
| 3 | Ñublense | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Palestino | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 5 | Audax Italiano | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | Universidad Catolica | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Unión Española | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | O'Higgins | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Cobresal | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Everton | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 11 | Huachipato | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 29 |
| 12 | Union La Calera | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Universidad Chile | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | La Serena | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 24 |
| 15 | Antofagasta | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Coquimbo Unido | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -19 | 20 |
