Victories have not come easily for Antofagasta so far, and the same description fits Universidad Chile. These students from the school of hard knocks have the opportunity for some crucial points here.
- Antofagasta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera Division
- Universidad Chile have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Universidad Chile have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Antofagasta form and stats
With 1 Primera Division win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Antofagasta are certainly not brimming with confidence.
In their previous game, the manager Torrente led his Antofagasta to a defeat away at Cobresal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán.
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 15 games. Antofagasta has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced zero, one or two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Antofagasta here at Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Antofagasta have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Universidad Chile form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Universidad Chile so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-7 (win-draw-lose).
Universidad Chile go into this game after a win, the home game against Union La Calera that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Union La Calera, was very satisfying as Tapia scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Universidad Chile in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Universidad Chile, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Universidad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). For Universidad Chile, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head meeting ended Universidad Chile - Antofagasta 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Antofagasta victories, one draw and six Universidad Chile wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Palacios Ferreira 8 goals | R. Fernández Sáez 4 goals | D. Osorio Osorio 4 goals |
Antofagasta missing players
Universidad Chile missing players
| Antofagasta | Universidad Chile | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 23 |
| 88% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 56% | 29% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 25% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 10.6 | 11.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.2 | 11.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 28% | 21% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 27% |
| 12.9 | 13.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 15.5 | 14.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
- Antofagasta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera Division
- Antofagasta have the fewest points (7) at home in Primera Division
- Antofagasta have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Primera Division
- Universidad Chile have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Universidad Chile have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Universidad Chile have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Universidad Chile haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Nublense | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Cobresal | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Curicó Unido | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Huachipato | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 7 | Palestino | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Universidad Catolica | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Everton | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Universidad Chile | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Audax Italiano | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | La Serena | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | Union La Calera | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 16 | Antofagasta | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
