Primera Division: Top level against second-rate, at least based on the points won so far. Audax Italiano - Palestino. Home victory or a surprise?
- Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palestino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an active game!
This stadium uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Palestino's home arena. The previous two games by the away team on artifical turf have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Audax Italiano form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Primera Division games here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana for Audax Italiano. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Italiano enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cobresal's place. The match ended 2-1 with L. Palacios and M. Fuentes scoring.
Before that, Italiano had a home game versus Union Espanola which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Italiano have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost four.
The Italiano fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Italiano have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Palestino form and stats
Palestino have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-2-7 (11 played).
The manager P. Graff was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna. Palestino suffered a 1-2 loss to Colo-Colo (placed 1st).
Before that, Palestino travelled to Huachipato and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Palestino are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Palestino have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Palestino struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Palestino - Italiano 0-2 was the story when this pair of squads previously played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Audax Italiano wins - draws - Palestino wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Carrasco Santos 8 goals |  L. Jiménez Garcés 8 goals |  J. Montecinos Naranjo 7 goals |
Audax Italiano missing players
Palestino missing players
| Audax Italiano | Palestino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 29 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 33 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 55% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 82% |
| 30% | 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 55% |
| 17% | 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 9% | 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 48% | 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 59% |
| 43% | 55% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9.8 | 10.8 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 34% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 29% |
- Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palestino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Palestino 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 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Universidad Catolica | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Audax Italiano | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Union La Calera | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| 5 | Union Espanola | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Universidad Chile | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Cobresal | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Everton | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Nublense | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Antofagasta | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Curico Unido | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | La Serena | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Palestino | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | O'Higgins | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Huachipato | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Melipilla | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -20 | 15 |