Primera Division match prediction: Little separates Cobresal and Universidad Católica in quality

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Cobre (18000 seats)

Another interesting match in the Primera Division. Cobresal is in the 5th spot from participating in four matches. They greet Universidad Católica who are placed 1st from four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Universidad Católica is in the best form (3-0-1) in Primera Division

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Cobresal and Universidad Católica 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

0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Cobresal so far this season.

The spoils were shared in Cobresal's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nublense (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Union La Calera and winning 2-0.

At Estadio El Cobre, Cobresal has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

Universidad Católica are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Universidad Católica are travelling again after losing away to Palestino in their previous match (2-3).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Curico Unido.

It's early days yet, but Universidad Católica has scored 5 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Cobresal wins - draws - Universidad Católica wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
4 goals
CobresalG. Pacheco Tudela
G. Pacheco Tudela
2 goals
CobresalG. Lezcano
G. Lezcano
2 goals

Cobresal missing players

Universidad Católica missing players

Cobresal Universidad Católica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
6 3 1 Scored S 2 5 8
4 4 1 Conceded C 3 5 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 5.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.5 5.2
3.2 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 5.8
2 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 24 23 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13 15
7 7.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5 5.2
21% 20% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 50% 38%
 
11.5 13 10 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.5 12
4.2 5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.5 4.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Universidad Católica is in the best form (3-0-1) in Primera Division
Cobresal Last season Universidad Católica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
11 7   Won W   8 22
7 4   Drew D   0 2
14 5   Lost L   8 8
40 26   Scored S   26 65
39 18   Conceded C   22 34
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
78% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 84%
53% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 69%
19% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 34%
6% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 16%
59% 62%   BTTS BTTS   50% 50%
31% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 41%
19% 12%   Failed to Score F T   19% 12%
 
4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.4
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
6 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.1 15.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 12.2
5 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.2
25% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 39%
 
13.2 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 10.8
4.9 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.2

  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 4 3 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 9
2 Palestino 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 8
3 Nublense 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 8
4 O'Higgins 4 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 7
5 Cobresal 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 7
6 Huachipato 4 2 1 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 -2 7
7 Curico Unido 4 2 0 2 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 6
8 Universidad Chile 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 6
9 Colo-Colo 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
10 Everton 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 5
11 Union Espanola 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
12 Antofagasta 4 1 1 2 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 4
13 La Serena 4 0 3 1 4 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 3
14 Coquimbo Unido 4 0 2 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 2
15 Union La Calera 4 0 2 2 3 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 2
16 Audax Italiano 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -5 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 Católica 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 Union 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 Nublense 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.