Open game expected at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana: Recoleta vs Univ. Concepción preview

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Mon 18.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana (6000 seats)

This game features two participants dwelling in the lower section of the Primera B, Recoleta at 17th place and Univ. Concepción lying 15th. A decent chance for one of the squads to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Recoleta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Univ. Concepción have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Primera B

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.

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Recoleta form and stats

Recoleta's results here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in the Primera B have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The last three games played by Recoleta, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

The Recoleta manager Becerra and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Fernandez Vial (placed 16th).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Unión San Felipe that ended 3-3.

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 Recoleta have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Recoleta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana with 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Univ. Concepción form and stats

Univ. Concepción have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Primera B, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

Two away games in a row for Univ. Concepción, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Cobreloa. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Melipilla.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Univ. Concepción playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 Univ. Concepción wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The newest registered result featuring both these squads is the Univ. Concepción - Recoleta 0-0 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Univ. ConcepciónA. Castillo Benega
A. Castillo Benega
8 goals
RecoletaM. Alegre López
M. Alegre López
6 goals
RecoletaG. Tapia Páez
G. Tapia Páez
5 goals

Recoleta missing players

Univ. Concepción missing players

Recoleta Univ. Concepción
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 3
7 3 1 Drew D 2 3 8
9 4 2 Lost L 0 4 7
17 14 3 Scored S 2 6 18
25 15 5 Conceded C 0 6 19
78% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 78% 83%
67% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 44% 61%
56% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 28%
17% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
11% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
61% 89% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 44%
22% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 28%
39% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 44%
 
4.9 4.7 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.8 4.3
3.9 4.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.1 6.2
2.9 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
10.1 9.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12.6 11.4
4 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.2 5.1
24% 38% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 13% 20%
 
8.7 8.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.1 11.1
3.5 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.4
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Recoleta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Recoleta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Univ. Concepción have scored away.
  • Univ. Concepción have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Primera B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magallanes 19 15 3 1 36 13 10 9 1 0 18 3 9 6 2 1 18 10 23 48
2 Cobreloa 18 11 4 3 23 13 9 8 1 0 16 5 9 3 3 3 7 8 10 37
3 Unión San Felipe 18 10 6 2 24 12 9 6 3 0 12 3 9 4 3 2 12 9 12 36
4 Rangers 18 9 3 6 26 22 9 3 1 5 14 17 9 6 2 1 12 5 4 30
5 Barnechea 19 6 8 5 28 24 9 4 4 1 17 9 10 2 4 4 11 15 4 26
6 Copiapo 17 7 4 6 26 18 8 5 2 1 16 5 9 2 2 5 10 13 8 25
7 Puerto Montt 18 5 8 5 18 20 9 5 4 0 12 3 9 0 4 5 6 17 -2 23
8 Melipilla 18 5 6 7 17 21 9 4 2 3 10 9 9 1 4 4 7 12 -4 21
9 Deportes Iquique 18 5 6 7 20 25 9 5 3 1 14 8 9 0 3 6 6 17 -5 21
10 Deportes Temuco 18 5 6 7 19 27 10 5 3 2 14 14 8 0 3 5 5 13 -8 21
11 Santiago Morning 19 4 8 7 22 28 10 2 5 3 10 11 9 2 3 4 12 17 -6 20
12 Deportes Santa Cruz 19 4 7 8 17 21 9 4 4 1 11 6 10 0 3 7 6 15 -4 19
13 San Luis 19 4 7 8 16 27 10 2 5 3 6 9 9 2 2 5 10 18 -11 19
14 Santiago Wanderers 18 4 6 8 16 23 8 2 2 4 8 11 10 2 4 4 8 12 -7 18
15 Univ. Concepción 18 3 8 7 18 19 9 1 5 3 12 13 9 2 3 4 6 6 -1 17
16 Fernandez Vial 18 2 11 5 13 18 9 1 6 2 5 6 9 1 5 3 8 12 -5 17
17 Recoleta 18 2 7 9 17 25 9 2 3 4 14 15 9 0 4 5 3 10 -8 13

Read more about Primera B

The Campeonato Primera B is the second level of the Chilean football league. It has 16 teams and the season runs from February to December with each team playing 30 fixtures. The winner is promoted while teams in the second to sixth place in the league table enter a promotion playoff.