Cobresal manager Araya looking for three points in Unión Española showdown

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Cobre (18000 seats)

Cobresal and Unión Española have both delivered a "par" performance up to now, to use a golf phrase. Both have mid-table spots in the Primera Division.

Insights:
  • Unión Española have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Primera Division

These teams have little in common geographically as Unión Española have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Cobresal and Unión Española should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cobresal form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cobresal have to build on here at Estadio El Cobre in the Primera Division.

The Cobresal regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio El Cobre: A 0-2 defeat against Colo-Colo (placed 1st).

2-2 away at Audax Italiano before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cobresal handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Cobresal has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Cobresal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio El Cobre in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Unión Española form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Unión Española have produced an overall stat of 6-1-5 so far.

Española aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 187 league minutes without a goal. Rivero was the last player to find the net.

The supporters enjoyed Unión Española's previous match versus Antofagasta, a Chilean Cup win (4-1) played at home.

Earlier, the Chilean Cup victory away at Antofagasta. We have checked recent matches where Española have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored in 12 of this club's last 16 league fixtures.

Unión Española has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Española have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Cobresal have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Unión Española.

Unión Española - Cobresal 2-2 was the story when this pair of sides last played each other, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

CobresalG. Lezcano
G. Lezcano
12 goals
Unión EspañolaL. Garate
L. Garate
9 goals
CobresalC. Waterman Ruiz
C. Waterman Ruiz
8 goals

Cobresal missing players

Unión Española missing players

Cobresal Unión Española
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 3 12 24
10 7 2 Won W 0 6 10
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 6
10 3 0 Lost L 2 5 8
34 19 5 Scored S 4 19 34
32 12 1 Conceded C 6 19 33
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
48% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 50%
36% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 29%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
56% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 62%
24% 31% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
24% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 17%
 
5.1 6 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7 6.8
4.5 3.3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 4.8
2.9 3.1 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
13.7 16.7 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.2 12
5.3 6 8.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.2 4.7
26% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 30%
 
11 9.8 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 13.3 12.2
3.8 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Unión Española have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Primera Division
  • 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 Colo-Colo 25 16 6 3 48 15 12 10 2 0 27 3 13 6 4 3 21 12 33 54
2 Curico Unido 25 12 7 6 43 25 13 9 1 3 28 11 12 3 6 3 15 14 18 43
3 Ñublense 25 12 7 6 37 26 12 8 2 2 25 13 13 4 5 4 12 13 11 43
4 Palestino 25 9 10 6 31 30 12 7 3 2 21 16 13 2 7 4 10 14 1 37
5 Audax Italiano 25 10 7 8 37 37 12 5 3 4 17 16 13 5 4 4 20 21 0 37
6 Universidad Catolica 24 11 3 10 35 31 13 8 2 3 16 9 11 3 1 7 19 22 4 36
7 Unión Española 24 10 6 8 34 33 12 4 5 3 15 14 12 6 1 5 19 19 1 36
8 O'Higgins 25 9 9 7 26 27 13 6 6 1 19 12 12 3 3 6 7 15 -1 36
9 Cobresal 25 10 5 10 34 32 13 7 3 3 19 12 12 3 2 7 15 20 2 35
10 Everton 25 7 13 5 29 20 13 4 7 2 14 8 12 3 6 3 15 12 9 34
11 Huachipato 25 8 5 12 27 38 12 5 2 5 19 22 13 3 3 7 8 16 -11 29
12 Union La Calera 25 5 12 8 25 37 12 3 7 2 13 14 13 2 5 6 12 23 -12 27
13 Universidad Chile 25 7 5 13 27 37 12 5 3 4 13 13 13 2 2 9 14 24 -10 26
14 La Serena 25 6 6 13 25 44 13 3 3 7 14 21 12 3 3 6 11 23 -19 24
15 Antofagasta 25 5 8 12 21 28 12 3 6 3 11 11 13 2 2 9 10 17 -7 23
16 Coquimbo Unido 25 5 5 15 27 46 13 5 2 6 20 20 12 0 3 9 7 26 -19 20

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.