Balanced ball game between Antofagasta and O'Higgins expected

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Wed 10.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán (21178 seats)

Antofagasta perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. O'Higgins can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • Antofagasta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • O'Higgins has the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Primera Division

The visiting O'Higgins played their last game only four days ago, a Primera Division match.

O'Higgins have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

For O'Higgins most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Antofagasta form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Antofagasta at their home stadium (Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán) is 7 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Antofagasta, facing Union La Calera in a game that ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Antofagasta won a home game hosting Deportes Iquique (3-1).

J. Flores felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Union La Calera as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 60th minute.

This is expected to be a close game, with Antofagasta perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antofagasta as a small favourite), we find six games. Antofagasta has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.

Antofagasta are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Universidad Chile awaits in three days.

The Antofagasta fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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O'Higgins form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. O'Higgins have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The O'Higgins goalkeeper Augusto Martin Batalla Barga is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 346 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

O'Higgins's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Audax Italiano that finished 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Universidad Catolica.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by O'Higgins in our archives, and the results are: four wins for O'Higgins, two draws and three defeats.

After this away game O'Higgins return home for a Primera Division game against Colo-Colo. That game is only three sleeps after this.

O'Higgins are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on O'Higgins as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the O'Higgins - Antofagasta 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Antofagasta victories, one draw and three O'Higgins wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntofagastaE. Bello Gil
E. Bello Gil
9 goals
AntofagastaC. Muñoz Rojas
C. Muñoz Rojas
7 goals
O'HigginsF. Castro Souto
F. Castro Souto
7 goals

Antofagasta missing players

O'Higgins missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Antofagasta O'Higgins
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
11 7 2 Won W 3 8 12
12 7 3 Drew D 1 3 8
9 2 0 Lost L 1 5 12
41 25 6 Scored S 6 21 39
39 17 4 Conceded C 3 13 37
91% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
72% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 56% 66%
44% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 44%
28% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 25%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
56% 75% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 50%
28% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 44% 34%
25% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.6
6 4 1 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
11.4 12.6 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 10.4
3.8 3.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 4.1
34% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 30%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Antofagasta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • O'Higgins has the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Primera Division
  • O'Higgins has the most clean sheets (7) away in Primera Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Universidad Catolica 32 17 10 5 63 34 16 9 5 2 35 16 16 8 5 3 28 18 29 61
2 Union La Calera 32 17 5 10 57 38 16 9 4 3 28 14 16 8 1 7 29 24 19 56
3 Unión Española 32 14 9 9 53 48 16 7 5 4 26 22 16 7 4 5 27 26 5 51
4 Palestino 32 14 8 10 47 42 16 9 4 3 29 21 16 5 4 7 18 21 5 50
5 Universidad Chile 32 12 12 8 46 32 16 7 8 1 30 12 16 5 4 7 16 20 14 48
6 Antofagasta 32 11 12 9 41 39 16 7 7 2 25 17 16 4 5 7 16 22 2 45
7 O'Higgins 32 12 8 12 39 37 16 4 5 7 18 24 16 8 3 5 21 13 2 44
8 Huachipato 31 12 7 12 41 41 16 9 5 2 27 15 15 3 2 10 14 26 0 43
9 Santiago Wanderers 32 12 7 13 41 50 16 9 3 4 24 19 16 3 4 9 17 31 -9 43
10 Curicó Unido 32 12 6 14 37 50 16 9 1 6 23 22 16 3 5 8 14 28 -13 42
11 Cobresal 31 11 7 13 39 38 15 7 4 4 23 14 16 4 3 9 16 24 1 40
12 Everton 32 9 13 10 36 38 16 6 6 4 20 16 16 3 7 6 16 22 -2 40
13 Univ. Concepción 32 9 13 10 36 43 16 5 5 6 19 22 16 4 8 4 17 21 -7 40
14 La Serena 32 10 8 14 33 38 16 6 3 7 17 17 16 4 5 7 16 21 -5 38
15 Audax Italiano 32 9 10 13 44 49 16 7 5 4 26 19 16 2 5 9 18 30 -5 37
16 Colo-Colo 32 9 10 13 32 42 16 6 2 8 17 22 16 3 8 5 15 20 -10 37
17 Deportes Iquique 32 8 10 14 35 45 16 5 5 6 16 20 16 3 5 8 19 25 -10 34
18 Coquimbo Unido 32 8 7 17 28 44 16 4 4 8 12 21 16 4 3 9 16 23 -16 31

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Universidad Catolica 32 17 10 5 63 34 16 9 5 2 35 16 16 8 5 3 28 18 29 61
2 Union La Calera 32 17 5 10 57 38 16 9 4 3 28 14 16 8 1 7 29 24 19 56
3 Unión Española 32 14 9 9 53 48 16 7 5 4 26 22 16 7 4 5 27 26 5 51
4 Palestino 32 14 8 10 47 42 16 9 4 3 29 21 16 5 4 7 18 21 5 50
5 Universidad Chile 32 12 12 8 46 32 16 7 8 1 30 12 16 5 4 7 16 20 14 48
6 Antofagasta 32 11 12 9 41 39 16 7 7 2 25 17 16 4 5 7 16 22 2 45
7 O'Higgins 32 12 8 12 39 37 16 4 5 7 18 24 16 8 3 5 21 13 2 44
8 Huachipato 31 12 7 12 41 41 16 9 5 2 27 15 15 3 2 10 14 26 0 43
9 Santiago Wanderers 32 12 7 13 41 50 16 9 3 4 24 19 16 3 4 9 17 31 -9 43
10 Curicó Unido 32 12 6 14 37 50 16 9 1 6 23 22 16 3 5 8 14 28 -13 42
11 Cobresal 31 11 7 13 39 38 15 7 4 4 23 14 16 4 3 9 16 24 1 40
12 Everton 32 9 13 10 36 38 16 6 6 4 20 16 16 3 7 6 16 22 -2 40
13 Univ. Concepción 32 9 13 10 36 43 16 5 5 6 19 22 16 4 8 4 17 21 -7 40
14 La Serena 32 10 8 14 33 38 16 6 3 7 17 17 16 4 5 7 16 21 -5 38
15 Audax Italiano 32 9 10 13 44 49 16 7 5 4 26 19 16 2 5 9 18 30 -5 37
16 Colo-Colo 32 9 10 13 32 42 16 6 2 8 17 22 16 3 8 5 15 20 -10 37
17 Deportes Iquique 32 8 10 14 35 45 16 5 5 6 16 20 16 3 5 8 19 25 -10 34
18 Coquimbo Unido 32 8 7 17 28 44 16 4 4 8 12 21 16 4 3 9 16 23 -16 31

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The Chilean Primera División is the top level league of the football pyramid in Chile. It is also known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital, a sponsorship name. The league has 16 teams playing a season from February to December, split into Apertura (“opening”) and Clausura (“closing”) tournaments.