Soccer betting preview: Copiapó welcomes Unión Española in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla (10000 seats)

Primera Division: Copiapó are 12 points after Unión Española, but are driven to go full force. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Copiapó have the fewest scored goals (16) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Primera Division

These teams have little in common geographically as Unión Española have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an active match!

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Copiapó form and stats

Copiapó's struggle is real here at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla with only 10 points collected from 10 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4.

The home team returns to Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla after drawing with O'Higgins (placed 12th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

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

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have contained two goals or less.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Unión Española form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Unión Española so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Unión Española have lost on their last two travels.

Unión Española are looking to quickly end their 187 minutes long goal drought in the Primera Division.

The manager Núñez was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK. Española suffered a 0-1 loss to Huachipato (placed 2nd).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Magallanes's place.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this club's latest 14 league matches have contained two or less goals.

The attacking power of Unión Española when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Unión Española as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Unión Española - Copiapó 3-0 was the score in these squads' latest h2h game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaL. Garate
L. Garate
11 goals
Unión EspañolaR. Piñeiro Silva
R. Piñeiro Silva
6 goals
CopiapóI. Díaz Lobos
I. Díaz Lobos
4 goals

Copiapó missing players

Unión Española missing players

Copiapó Unión Española
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 5 10 21
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 8
6 4 1 Drew D 2 4 6
10 4 1 Lost L 1 4 7
16 10 2 Scored S 4 6 25
33 19 4 Conceded C 3 8 16
90% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
70% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 30% 57%
45% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 29%
20% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
10% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 30% 33%
25% 30% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 38%
40% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 50% 33%
 
5.3 5.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.5 4.8
4.4 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.3 5.1
3.2 3.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.2 2
7 4 1 Red cards R C 1 5 7
 
13.6 13.5 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 16.8 14.3 13
4.6 4.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 4.6
17% 20% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 14% 26%
 
12.2 9.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 14.2 13.1
4.8 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4 4.1
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Copiapó have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Copiapó have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Copiapó have the fewest scored goals (16) in Primera Division
  • Copiapó have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Primera Division
  • Copiapó have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Primera Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cobresal 21 12 6 3 40 19 11 8 3 0 21 8 10 4 3 3 19 11 21 42
2 Huachipato 21 11 3 7 31 23 10 5 2 3 16 10 11 6 1 4 15 13 8 36
3 Palestino 21 10 5 6 34 30 11 5 3 3 17 14 10 5 2 3 17 16 4 35
4 Colo-Colo 20 9 7 4 29 22 10 6 2 2 16 8 10 3 5 2 13 14 7 34
5 Everton 21 10 4 7 30 27 11 6 1 4 16 13 10 4 3 3 14 14 3 34
6 Coquimbo Unido 21 9 4 8 27 28 10 5 2 3 13 13 11 4 2 5 14 15 -1 31
7 Unión Española 21 8 6 7 25 16 11 6 2 3 19 8 10 2 4 4 6 8 9 30
8 Universidad Chile 21 8 6 7 24 26 10 3 4 3 11 12 11 5 2 4 13 14 -2 30
9 Unión La Calera 21 6 10 5 29 27 10 3 4 3 13 13 11 3 6 2 16 14 2 28
10 Universidad Catolica 21 7 6 8 32 32 11 3 4 4 17 16 10 4 2 4 15 16 0 27
11 Audax Italiano 21 7 4 10 27 29 10 4 2 4 13 11 11 3 2 6 14 18 -2 25
12 O'Higgins 21 6 6 9 26 27 10 1 4 5 12 14 11 5 2 4 14 13 -1 24
13 Nublense 21 6 6 9 22 29 12 3 3 6 14 20 9 3 3 3 8 9 -7 24
14 Curico Unido 21 6 3 12 22 35 10 3 0 7 10 17 11 3 3 5 12 18 -13 21
15 Magallanes 21 5 4 12 22 33 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 1 8 12 21 -11 19
16 Copiapó 20 4 6 10 16 33 10 2 4 4 10 19 10 2 2 6 6 14 -17 18

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.