The league table is allowed to rest as Unión Española and Huachipato battle for Chilean Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Española nor Huachipato 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
Española participated in Chilean Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Universidad Chile.Unión Española have played 6 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Chilean Cup, Unión Española has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
In their previous game, the manager C. Bravo led his Unión Española to a defeat in the Primera Division match away at Palestino. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK. The defeat against Palestino was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by B. Carrasco).
Previous to that game, a Primera Division home match hosting Huachipato in a game that was won 3-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nublense are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Unión Española in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Unión Española's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Huachipato form and stats
Huachipato's mission in Chilean Cup last season failed in the 2nd round against Deportes Temuco.There's been little loot from Huachipato's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Primera Division. Huachipato only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Total Chilean Cup statistics for Huachipato: 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Huachipato, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Nublense game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
There were no winners in Huachipato's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 0-0 vs Union La Calera.
It was a Primera Division defeat before that one as the away game against Unión Española wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Santiago Wanderers.
The visiting Huachipato have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. The Huachipato manager J. Luvera has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Española six wins, two draws and Huachipato two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Palacios Ferreira 8 goals |   M. Rodríguez Vejar 3 goals | T. Galdames Millán 2 goals |
Unión Española missing players
Huachipato missing players
| Unión Española | Huachipato | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 42 | 13 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 48% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.4 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union La Calera | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Universidad Catolica | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Universidad Chile | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Audax Italiano | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Everton | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | La Serena | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 8 | Nublense | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Antofagasta | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Unión Española | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | O'Higgins | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Palestino | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 | Melipilla | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Cobresal | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Huachipato | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Curico Unido | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -18 | 1 |