Audax Italiano vs Curicó Unido Preview & Prediction 05 Dec 2021

Primera Division: Top-notch vs not good enough, at least that's what the table says. Audax Italiano - Curicó Unido. Home win or a shock?

Insights:

Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

Audax Italiano's stadium, Estadio Bicentenario Municipal de La Florida, has a artifical turf surface. Curicó Unido have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Curicó Unido when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from three matches. They have scored 2 goals in these games and conceded 7.

For Curicó Unido most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Audax Italiano form and stats

8-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Audax Italiano so far this season.

Audax Italiano manager P. Sánchez and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Santiago Wanderers (placed 17th) in the Primera Division. Opportunity lost for Audax Italiano in the Santiago Wanderers match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The hometeam coach P. Sánchez made a successful contribution in the game against Santiago Wanderers, bringing on F. Cornejo who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Antofagasta.

Italiano has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Italiano have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Curicó Unido form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Curicó Unido have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far. Curicó love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

There were no winners in Curicó's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Palestino (placed 8th).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Colo-Colo.

Curicó find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Curicó Unido have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides get together this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Curicó Unido - Audax Italiano 2-2. Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Audax Italiano won four, Curicó Unido were winners in two and we saw four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Benegas

11 goals

L. Palacios

9 goals

J. Montecinos Naranjo

7 goals

Audax Italiano missing players

Curicó Unido missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Audax Italiano				Curicó Unido
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
31	15	5	Played	P	4	15	31
14	8	3	Won	W	0	4	8
11	3	2	Drew	D	0	4	12
6	4	0	Lost	L	4	7	11
38	19	7	Scored	S	2	17	36
30	16	4	Conceded	C	7	19	38
87%	87%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	93%	90%
65%	60%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	75%	87%	84%
35%	40%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	40%	39%
19%	20%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	13%	16%
10%	20%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	7%	6%
45%	33%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	47%	55%
45%	53%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	20%	26%
23%	27%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	40%	29%

5	5.9	6.4	Corners for (avg)	C F	6.5	5.5	5.3
4.1	3.6	3.8	Corners against (avg)	C A	5	4.5	3.9
2.1	2.5	3	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	2	1.5	1.9
4	3	2	Red cards	R C	1	1	3

9.9	11.6	11	Shots (avg)	S (	13.8	13.1	13.7
3.7	4.2	4	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4.8	4.8	4.9
33%	30%	35%	Goal Efficiency	G E	11%	24%	24%

10.1	9.5	6.8	Shots against (avg)	S A	9.5	10.1	9.3
3.6	3.5	3.2	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	3	4.1	4

Audax Italiano			First Half	Curicó Unido
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
31	15	5	Played	P	4	15	31
11	5	1	Won	W	0	1	5
15	7	3	Drew	D	0	8	18
5	3	1	Lost	L	4	6	8
16	8	3	Scored	S	0	4	16
11	7	3	Conceded	C	5	10	19
58%	60%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	60%	65%
16%	20%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	25%	20%	32%
10%	13%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	7%	10%
3%	7%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	7%	6%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
13%	13%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	13%	26%
71%	67%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	47%	52%
58%	60%	60%	Failed to Score	F T	100%	80%	58%

Audax Italiano			Second Half	Curicó Unido
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
31	15	5	Played	P	4	15	31
9	6	2	Won	W	1	5	10
15	6	3	Drew	D	2	6	12
7	3	0	Lost	L	1	4	9
22	11	4	Scored	S	2	13	20
19	9	1	Conceded	C	2	9	19
71%	73%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	75%	73%	74%
52%	53%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	25%	47%	39%
10%	7%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	13%	6%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	7%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	7%	3%
29%	20%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	25%	27%	19%
55%	60%	80%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	47%	52%
45%	47%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	53%	55%

Key stats in Primera Division this season:

Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

		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	31	21	2	8	62	34	16	14	2	0	39	12	15	7	0	8	23	22	28	65
2	Colo-Colo	31	19	5	7	49	25	16	9	2	5	20	9	15	10	3	2	29	16	24	62
3	Audax Italiano	31	14	11	6	38	30	15	8	3	4	19	16	16	6	8	2	19	14	8	53
4	Unión La Calera	31	15	6	10	39	37	16	7	2	7	17	20	15	8	4	3	22	17	2	51
5	Unión Española	31	15	3	13	48	49	15	9	2	4	29	24	16	6	1	9	19	25	-1	48
6	Antofagasta	31	11	11	9	33	36	15	8	2	5	19	17	16	3	9	4	14	19	-3	44
7	Ñublense	31	10	11	10	45	36	16	7	5	4	27	14	15	3	6	6	18	22	9	41
8	Palestino	31	11	8	12	47	46	15	6	4	5	25	22	16	5	4	7	22	24	1	41
9	Everton	31	10	9	12	29	32	15	6	4	5	14	14	16	4	5	7	15	18	-3	39
10	La Serena	31	9	11	11	40	42	15	6	4	5	21	20	16	3	7	6	19	22	-2	38
11	Melipilla	31	10	8	13	38	48	16	5	7	4	23	21	15	5	1	9	15	27	-10	38
12	O'Higgins	32	9	11	12	31	41	16	5	6	5	16	19	16	4	5	7	15	22	-10	38
13	Cobresal	31	10	7	14	39	39	16	7	4	5	26	18	15	3	3	9	13	21	0	37
14	Curicó Unido	31	8	12	11	36	38	16	4	8	4	19	19	15	4	4	7	17	19	-2	36
15	Universidad Chile	31	9	9	13	31	35	15	4	5	6	14	17	16	5	4	7	17	18	-4	36
16	Huachipato	31	7	13	11	33	40	15	4	7	4	13	14	16	3	6	7	20	26	-7	34
17	Santiago Wanderers	31	5	5	21	24	54	16	3	4	9	15	30	15	2	1	12	9	24	-30	20

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 Católica	31	21	2	8	62	34	16	14	2	0	39	12	15	7	0	8	23	22	28	65
2	Colo-Colo	31	19	5	7	49	25	16	9	2	5	20	9	15	10	3	2	29	16	24	62
3	Audax Italiano	31	14	11	6	38	30	15	8	3	4	19	16	16	6	8	2	19	14	8	53
4	Unión La Calera	31	15	6	10	39	37	16	7	2	7	17	20	15	8	4	3	22	17	2	51
5	Unión Española	31	15	3	13	48	49	15	9	2	4	29	24	16	6	1	9	19	25	-1	48
6	Antofagasta	31	11	11	9	33	36	15	8	2	5	19	17	16	3	9	4	14	19	-3	44
7	Ñublense	31	10	11	10	45	36	16	7	5	4	27	14	15	3	6	6	18	22	9	41
8	Palestino	31	11	8	12	47	46	15	6	4	5	25	22	16	5	4	7	22	24	1	41
9	Everton	31	10	9	12	29	32	15	6	4	5	14	14	16	4	5	7	15	18	-3	39
10	La Serena	31	9	11	11	40	42	15	6	4	5	21	20	16	3	7	6	19	22	-2	38
11	Melipilla	31	10	8	13	38	48	16	5	7	4	23	21	15	5	1	9	15	27	-10	38
12	O'Higgins	32	9	11	12	31	41	16	5	6	5	16	19	16	4	5	7	15	22	-10	38
13	Cobresal	31	10	7	14	39	39	16	7	4	5	26	18	15	3	3	9	13	21	0	37
14	Curicó Unido	31	8	12	11	36	38	16	4	8	4	19	19	15	4	4	7	17	19	-2	36
15	Universidad Chile	31	9	9	13	31	35	15	4	5	6	14	17	16	5	4	7	17	18	-4	36
16	Huachipato	31	7	13	11	33	40	15	4	7	4	13	14	16	3	6	7	20	26	-7	34
17	Santiago Wanderers	31	5	5	21	24	54	16	3	4	9	15	30	15	2	1	12	9	24	-30	20