Football tips: Colo-Colo vs Unión Española - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Wed 14.October
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental David Arellano (47347 seats)

Struggling Colo-Colo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Unión Española in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Colo-Colo form and stats

With 1 Primera Division win, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Colo-Colo are certainly not brimming with confidence. With Colo-Colo having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager G. Jara.

Preceding that match was the home game against Huachipato that was lost 0-1.

Colo-Colo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Unión Española form and stats

Unión Española's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Unión Española collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Primera Division. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Prior to that result Española won their away game at La Serena. The scoreline was 2-0.

M. Caballero came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Curico Unido last time out, making the manager R. Fuentes Núñez feel like a tactical genius.

The travelling fans enjoy Española's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Española have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Colo-Colo won four games, one match ended with a draw and Unión Española has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaC. Palacios Ferreira
C. Palacios Ferreira
9 goals
Colo-ColoL. Valencia Rossel
L. Valencia Rossel
5 goals
Unión EspañolaM. Sandoval Toro
M. Sandoval Toro
4 goals

Colo-Colo missing players

Unión Española missing players

Colo-Colo Unión Española
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 3 6 14
2 1 0 Won W 3 4 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
14 7 0 Scored S 8 9 27
18 9 2 Conceded C 3 6 18
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 86%
54% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 57%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 36%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 21%
54% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 64%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 21%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
153 72 7 Total Shots T S 34 75 207
54 25 1 Shots on Target S O 18 32 86
26% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 28% 31%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Colo-Colo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión Española has the most points from losing position (10) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Española is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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 13 10 2 1 31 11 6 5 0 1 16 5 7 5 2 0 15 6 20 32
2 Unión Española 14 9 2 3 27 18 8 5 2 1 18 12 6 4 0 2 9 6 9 29
3 Union La Calera 13 8 3 2 20 12 7 4 3 0 11 6 6 4 0 2 9 6 8 27
4 Antofagasta 12 6 5 1 19 10 7 3 3 1 11 8 5 3 2 0 8 2 9 23
5 Universidad Chile 13 6 4 3 23 17 6 3 3 0 12 4 7 3 1 3 11 13 6 22
6 Curico Unido 14 6 2 6 11 20 7 5 0 2 7 6 7 1 2 4 4 14 -9 20
7 Cobresal 14 5 4 5 21 19 6 3 2 1 10 5 8 2 2 4 11 14 2 19
8 Palestino 13 5 4 4 13 13 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 2 1 3 5 8 0 19
9 Everton 13 4 6 3 13 12 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 2 3 2 8 8 1 18
10 Huachipato 13 5 3 5 17 18 6 3 2 1 8 7 7 2 1 4 9 11 -1 18
11 Audax Italiano 13 4 5 4 19 19 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 1 3 3 10 14 0 17
12 Santiago Wanderers 13 5 1 7 21 24 7 3 1 3 13 13 6 2 0 4 8 11 -3 16
13 Coquimbo Unido 14 4 3 7 16 22 7 3 2 2 8 9 7 1 1 5 8 13 -6 15
14 Univ. Concepcion 13 3 5 5 16 21 6 1 1 4 8 14 7 2 4 1 8 7 -5 14
15 O'Higgins 14 3 2 9 16 24 8 1 0 7 8 18 6 2 2 2 8 6 -8 11
16 Deportes Iquique 13 3 2 8 12 24 6 2 1 3 4 11 7 1 1 5 8 13 -12 11
17 Colo-Colo 13 2 4 7 14 18 6 1 1 4 7 9 7 1 3 3 7 9 -4 10
18 La Serena 13 1 3 9 10 17 7 1 1 5 6 9 6 0 2 4 4 8 -7 6

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.