Primera Division match preview: Antofagasta versus Unión Española

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Tue 15.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán (21178 seats)

Antofagasta will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Unión Española.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Unión Española, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.

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Antofagasta form and stats

Overall Primera Division stats at home this season for Antofagasta are 1-2-1 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Antofagasta.

The Antofagasta goalkeeper Fernando Javier Hurtado Perez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 203 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.

A good away victory last time out for Antofagasta, who won 1-0 against O'Higgins (placed 18th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Curicó Unido that ended 0-0.

The Antofagasta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Unión Española form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Unión Española, who have the most scored goals (18) in Primera Division, playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. Unión Española have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Española play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Univ. Concepción (placed 15th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Universidad Católica with the score of 1-0.

M. Caballero came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Univ. Concepción last time out, making the manager R. Fuentes Núñez feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when M. Caballero scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Univ. Concepción.

Unión Española are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. 4 goals have been conceded by Española in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Antofagasta victories, seven draws and three Unión Española wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntofagastaE. Bello Gil
E. Bello Gil
4 goals
Unión EspañolaM. Dávila Carvajal
M. Dávila Carvajal
4 goals
AntofagastaT. Figueroa
T. Figueroa
3 goals

Antofagasta missing players

Unión Española missing players

Antofagasta Unión Española
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 4 9
4 1 0 Won W 0 3 5
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
13 5 2 Scored S 0 7 18
7 5 3 Conceded C 0 4 13
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 78%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 56%
38% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 44%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 33%
50% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
50% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
12% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
5.2 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.1
4.9 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.8 3.2
2.1 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
103 64 28 Total Shots T S 0 54 132
40 22 10 Shots on Target S O 0 24 54
32% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 33%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Antofagasta has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Unión Española has the most scored goals (18)
  • Unión Española have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Católica 8 6 1 1 16 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 4 1 0 10 3 9 19
2 Unión La Calera 8 6 1 1 11 6 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 5 4 5 19
3 Unión Española 9 5 2 2 18 13 5 2 2 1 11 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 17
4 Palestino 9 4 4 1 10 9 5 2 3 0 6 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 1 16
5 Curicó Unido 8 5 1 2 7 8 5 4 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 6 -1 16
6 Universidad Chile 8 4 3 1 17 9 4 2 2 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 8 7 8 15
7 Antofagasta 8 4 3 1 13 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 8 2 6 15
8 Huachipato 8 4 2 2 12 10 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 14
9 Audax Italiano 8 3 3 2 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 6 6 3 12
10 Everton 9 2 4 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 0 3 2 3 6 -2 10
11 Cobresal 8 2 3 3 9 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 9
12 Deportes Iquique 8 2 2 4 10 14 3 1 1 1 3 6 5 1 1 3 7 8 -4 8
13 Colo-Colo 8 2 1 5 11 13 4 1 1 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 4 6 -2 7
14 Santiago Wanderers 8 2 1 5 11 17 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 2 0 2 6 7 -6 7
15 Univ. Concepción 9 0 5 4 11 16 4 0 1 3 5 9 5 0 4 1 6 7 -5 5
16 Coquimbo Unido 8 1 2 5 5 12 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 2 6 -7 5
17 La Serena 8 1 1 6 7 10 4 1 0 3 5 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -3 4
18 O'Higgins 8 1 1 6 8 14 5 1 0 4 6 10 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 4

Read more about Primera Division

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.