Betting preview: Colo-Colo vs Universidad Chile should be interesting

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental David Arellano (47347 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estadio Monumental David Arellano haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Colo-Colo languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Universidad Chile will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Colo-Colo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Colo-Colo and Universidad Chile.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Colo-Colo form and stats

Colo-Colo's results here at Estadio Monumental David Arellano in the Primera Division have been very modest with 4 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Colo-Colo manager G. Jara and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Univ. Concepcion (placed 14th) in the Primera Division. Before that, Colo-Colo had a home game versus Everton which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Colo-Colo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Colo-Colo as a small favourite), we find five games. Colo-Colo has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.

There will be little rest for Colo-Colo after this match as they are travelling to Deportes Iquique for a Primera Division game in only three days.

Colo-Colo has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Colo-Colo defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Universidad Chile form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Universidad Chile playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

Universidad played 1-1 against Palestino in their previous match. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus O'Higgins.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Universidad Chile in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Universidad, four draws and four defeats.

After this away game Universidad Chile return home for a Primera Division game against Union Espanola. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Universidad Chile are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Universidad have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Universidad Chile - Colo-Colo 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Colo-Colo six wins, two draws and Universidad Chile two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad ChileJ. Larrivey
J. Larrivey
17 goals
Colo-ColoL. Valencia Rossel
L. Valencia Rossel
6 goals
Universidad ChileP. Aránguiz
P. Aránguiz
5 goals

Colo-Colo missing players

Universidad Chile missing players

Colo-Colo Universidad Chile
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 14 28
7 4 1 Won W 2 4 10
8 1 0 Drew D 1 3 10
13 8 3 Lost L 1 7 8
28 13 3 Scored S 5 15 40
40 20 5 Conceded C 2 20 30
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 89%
68% 62% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 75%
43% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 50%
21% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 25%
7% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
46% 23% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 50%
25% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 29%
36% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.8 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.9 10.3
3.7 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4 4.3
27% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 27% 33%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Colo-Colo haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Universidad Catolica 28 16 9 3 58 27 14 9 4 1 32 12 14 7 5 2 26 15 31 57
2 Union La Calera 26 15 3 8 47 31 14 9 3 2 26 11 12 6 0 6 21 20 16 48
3 Union Espanola 28 13 9 6 48 38 15 7 5 3 26 21 13 6 4 3 22 17 10 48
4 Palestino 29 11 8 10 38 37 15 8 4 3 26 19 14 3 4 7 12 18 1 41
5 Antofagasta 30 10 11 9 37 37 15 6 7 2 22 16 15 4 4 7 15 21 0 41
6 Curico Unido 27 12 5 10 33 38 13 9 1 3 19 12 14 3 4 7 14 26 -5 41
7 Universidad Chile 28 10 10 8 40 30 14 6 7 1 25 10 14 4 3 7 15 20 10 40
8 Everton 30 9 12 9 34 34 15 6 6 3 19 13 15 3 6 6 15 21 0 39
9 Santiago Wanderers 29 11 6 12 38 45 15 9 2 4 24 19 14 2 4 8 14 26 -7 39
10 Huachipato 29 10 7 12 33 40 14 7 5 2 19 14 15 3 2 10 14 26 -7 37
11 Cobresal 28 10 6 12 35 34 14 7 3 4 22 13 14 3 3 8 13 21 1 36
12 O'Higgins 28 10 6 12 34 36 13 3 3 7 16 24 15 7 3 5 18 12 -2 36
13 Audax Italiano 30 9 9 12 43 46 15 7 5 3 25 16 15 2 4 9 18 30 -3 36
14 Univ. Concepcion 30 8 12 10 34 42 15 4 5 6 17 21 15 4 7 4 17 21 -8 36
15 La Serena 28 9 7 12 30 33 13 5 3 5 14 12 15 4 4 7 16 21 -3 34
16 Colo-Colo 28 7 8 13 28 40 13 4 1 8 13 20 15 3 7 5 15 20 -12 29
17 Deportes Iquique 27 7 7 13 28 37 14 5 3 6 14 18 13 2 4 7 14 19 -9 28
18 Coquimbo Unido 25 7 5 13 23 36 13 4 3 6 12 19 12 3 2 7 11 17 -13 26

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.