Primera Division preview and news: Colo-Colo - O'Higgins at Estadio Monumental David Arellano

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 30.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental David Arellano (47347 seats)

The Colo-Colo & O'Higgins head coaches Desábato and Soso are both afraid of and feeling excited about this very important fixture in the upper area of the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Colo-Colo have the most scored goals (51) in Primera Division
  • O'Higgins have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division

Colo-Colo have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. O'Higgins are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Colo-Colo form and stats

Colo-Colo are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Monumental David Arellano. 10 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Colo-Colo.

Happy days for Colo-Colo in their previous game, a fixture away at Coquimbo Unido (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Curico Unido.

Colo-Colo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 17 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 11, drew 3 and lost 3.

Colo-Colo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}.

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O'Higgins form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for O'Higgins so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Visiting O'Higgins has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The O'Higgins goalkeeper Luis Alfonso Ureta Medina is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 196 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

O'Higgins go into this game after a win, the home game against Cobresal that ended 1-0. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league rounds without winning.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Union Espanola that ended 0-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting O'Higgins as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, O'Higgins have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent match: O'Higgins - Colo-Colo 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Colo-Colo victories, four draws and three O'Higgins wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Colo-ColoJ. Lucero
J. Lucero
15 goals
Colo-ColoB. Costa Heredia
B. Costa Heredia
9 goals
O'HigginsF. Barcelo Viera
F. Barcelo Viera
6 goals

Colo-Colo missing players

O'Higgins missing players

Colo-Colo O'Higgins
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
17 10 0 Won W 0 3 10
8 4 3 Drew D 2 5 11
3 0 0 Lost L 1 6 7
51 28 1 Scored S 4 9 29
16 4 1 Conceded C 9 17 29
93% 86% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 86%
75% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 43% 54%
43% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 36% 43%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 21% 21%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 4%
46% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 29% 43%
50% 71% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 39%
11% 14% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 32%
 
5.5 6.6 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.9
3.4 2.9 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 5.1
2.6 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.4 2.9
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 6 10
 
13 14.3 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 10.4 11.2
5.7 6.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.1
32% 29% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 15% 25%
 
7.2 5.9 4 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11 10.4
2.6 1.9 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 3.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Colo-Colo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Colo-Colo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Colo-Colo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as O'Higgins have scored away.
  • Colo-Colo have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the most clean sheets (14) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the most points (34) at home in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the most scored goals (51) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have the the best goal difference (+35) in Primera Division
  • Colo-Colo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • O'Higgins have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division
  • O'Higgins have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Colo-Colo 28 17 8 3 51 16 14 10 4 0 28 4 14 7 4 3 23 12 35 59
2 Nublense 28 13 9 6 43 30 14 9 3 2 29 15 14 4 6 4 14 15 13 48
3 Curico Unido 27 13 8 6 45 26 14 10 1 3 29 11 13 3 7 3 16 15 19 47
4 Universidad Catolica 28 12 5 11 39 38 14 8 3 3 18 11 14 4 2 8 21 27 1 41
5 O'Higgins 28 10 11 7 29 29 14 7 6 1 20 12 14 3 5 6 9 17 0 41
6 Palestino 27 10 10 7 37 34 14 8 3 3 27 20 13 2 7 4 10 14 3 40
7 Audax Italiano 27 11 7 9 40 41 13 5 3 5 17 18 14 6 4 4 23 23 -1 40
8 Everton 28 8 15 5 37 25 14 4 8 2 17 11 14 4 7 3 20 14 12 39
9 Cobresal 28 11 6 11 39 36 14 8 3 3 21 12 14 3 3 8 18 24 3 39
10 Union Espanola 28 10 7 11 35 39 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 6 1 7 19 23 -4 37
11 Unión La Calera 28 8 12 8 33 37 14 5 7 2 19 14 14 3 5 6 14 23 -4 36
12 Huachipato 28 9 5 14 28 41 14 6 2 6 20 23 14 3 3 8 8 18 -13 32
13 Universidad Chile 28 8 6 14 32 42 14 5 4 5 16 17 14 3 2 9 16 25 -10 30
14 Antofagasta 27 6 8 13 23 29 13 4 6 3 13 11 14 2 2 10 10 18 -6 26
15 La Serena 28 6 6 16 26 52 14 3 3 8 15 23 14 3 3 8 11 29 -26 24
16 Coquimbo Unido 28 6 5 17 28 50 14 5 2 7 20 22 14 1 3 10 8 28 -22 23

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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.