Primera Division preview: Can Cobresal edge out victory against Ñublense?

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Cobre (18000 seats)

Ñublense have come here for an action-packed duel versus the hosting Cobresal. Prepare for the game with this thorough Primera Division preview!

Insights:
  • Cobresal have the most clean sheets (2) in Primera Division
  • Ñublense have the most points from losing position (6) in Primera Division

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ñublense, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

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.

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Cobresal form and stats

Cobresal's first Primera Division home game here at Estadio El Cobre ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 16 matches.

Happy days for Cobresal in their previous game, a fixture away at Unión La Calera (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Curico Unido that was lost 2-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cobresal handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and five defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cobresal at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Ñublense form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primera Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches.

Ñublense had fun at their own home (Estadio El Cobre) last time out, beating Universidad Chile 3-2. Rubio, Mateos and Cerezo scored.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Unión La Calera.

We have checked recent matches where Ñublense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, one draw and two defeats.

Ñublense have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: seven wins for Cobresal, zero draws and three wins for Ñublense. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

CobresalG. Pacheco Tudela
G. Pacheco Tudela
2 goals
CobresalC. Mesías Sepúlveda
C. Mesías Sepúlveda
1 goals
CobresalI. Villalba Chamorro
I. Villalba Chamorro
1 goals

Cobresal missing players

Ñublense missing players

Cobresal Ñublense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 2 Scored S 0 2 5
3 3 3 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4.3
4 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.7 25 25 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 17.7
6.3 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 7
26% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 24%
 
12 16 16 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 11
4.7 7 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cobresal have the most clean sheets (2) in Primera Division
  • Ñublense have the most points from losing position (6) in Primera Division
Cobresal Last season Ñublense
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
11 7   Won W   4 11
7 4   Drew D   6 11
14 5   Lost L   6 10
40 26   Scored S   22 49
39 18   Conceded C   23 37
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 88%
78% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 66%
53% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 47%
19% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 31%
6% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 19%
59% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 53%
31% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 31%
19% 12%   Failed to Score F T   25% 28%
 
4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.2
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
6 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.1 15.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 13.2
5 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 5
25% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
13.2 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 12.3
4.9 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.3 4.7

  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 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 9
2 Ñublense 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
3 Curico Unido 3 2 0 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 6
4 Universidad Chile 3 2 0 1 8 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 6
5 Cobresal 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 6
6 Colo-Colo 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
7 Palestino 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
8 O'Higgins 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
9 Everton 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
10 Huachipato 3 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 -3 4
11 Union Espanola 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
12 La Serena 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 2
13 Antofagasta 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
14 Audax Italiano 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
15 Coquimbo Unido 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
16 Unión La Calera 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
Last season 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 22 2 8 65 34 16 14 2 0 39 12 16 8 0 8 26 22 31 68
2 Colo-Colo 32 19 5 8 49 26 16 9 2 5 20 9 16 10 3 3 29 17 23 62
3 Audax Italiano 32 14 12 6 39 31 16 8 4 4 20 17 16 6 8 2 19 14 8 54
4 Unión La Calera 32 15 6 11 41 40 16 7 2 7 17 20 16 8 4 4 24 20 1 51
5 Union Espanola 32 15 3 14 48 50 16 9 2 5 29 25 16 6 1 9 19 25 -2 48
6 Antofagasta 32 12 11 9 34 36 16 9 2 5 20 17 16 3 9 4 14 19 -2 47
7 Ñublense 32 11 11 10 49 37 16 7 5 4 27 14 16 4 6 6 22 23 12 44
8 Palestino 32 11 8 13 48 50 16 6 4 6 26 26 16 5 4 7 22 24 -2 41
9 Cobresal 32 11 7 14 40 39 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 4 3 9 14 21 1 40
10 La Serena 32 9 12 11 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 20 16 3 7 6 19 22 -2 39
11 Universidad Chile 32 10 9 13 34 37 16 5 5 6 17 19 16 5 4 7 17 18 -3 39
12 Everton 32 10 9 13 29 35 16 6 4 6 14 17 16 4 5 7 15 18 -6 39
13 O'Higgins 32 9 11 12 31 41 16 5 6 5 16 19 16 4 5 7 15 22 -10 38
14 Melipilla 32 10 8 14 39 51 16 5 7 4 23 21 16 5 1 10 16 30 -12 38
15 Curico Unido 32 8 13 11 37 39 16 4 8 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 18 20 -2 37
16 Huachipato 32 8 13 11 36 41 16 5 7 4 16 15 16 3 6 7 20 26 -5 37
17 Santiago Wanderers 32 5 6 21 24 54 16 3 4 9 15 30 16 2 2 12 9 24 -30 21

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.