Football betting preview: Coquimbo Unido vs Antofagasta

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso (17750 seats)

The visiting Antofagasta side should be favourites in this visit to Coquimbo Unido, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Coquimbo Unido has the fewest scored goals (22) in Primera Division

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 Coquimbo and Antofagasta.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Coquimbo Unido form and stats

Overall Primera Division stats at home this season for Coquimbo Unido, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in Primera Division, are 4-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Coquimbo Unido, their manager G. Corengia and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Coquimbo haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 250 minutes ago. R. Farfan scored that one.

The Coquimbo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to O'Higgins here at Estadio Bicentenario Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in a Primera Division match. Before that game, the home loss against Junior with the scoreline 0-1.

There will be little rest for Coquimbo after this match as they are travelling to Huachipato for a Primera Division game in only four days.

Coquimbo Unido are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Antofagasta form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Antofagasta, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

There were no winners in Antofagasta's previous match, a Primera Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Santiago Wanderers (placed 11th). A 0-3 defeat away at Audax Italiano before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primera Division trip to Union Espanola.

Antofagasta are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Antofagasta have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

AntofagastaE. Bello Gil
E. Bello Gil
7 goals
CoquimboJ. Abrigo Navarro
J. Abrigo Navarro
6 goals
AntofagastaA. Souper De La Cruz
A. Souper De La Cruz
5 goals

Coquimbo Unido missing players

Antofagasta missing players

Coquimbo Unido Antofagasta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 5 11 24
6 4 1 Won W 2 3 9
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 9
12 5 1 Lost L 2 5 6
22 12 4 Scored S 5 12 32
35 18 4 Conceded C 4 15 28
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 88%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 55% 71%
52% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 46%
13% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 25%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 8%
57% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 54%
13% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 45% 33%
35% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 45% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.5
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
8.4 10.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 9.5 11.3
3.5 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.7
28% 26% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 36%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Coquimbo Unido has the fewest scored goals (22) in Primera Division
  • Coquimbo Unido has the the worst goal difference (-13) in Primera Division
  • Coquimbo Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 21 14 4 3 49 22 11 8 2 1 27 10 10 6 2 2 22 12 27 46
2 Union La Calera 22 14 3 5 40 24 11 8 3 0 22 8 11 6 0 5 18 16 16 45
3 Union Espanola 24 13 5 6 42 32 13 7 3 3 24 19 11 6 2 3 18 13 10 44
4 Curico Unido 24 11 4 9 28 33 12 8 1 3 17 12 12 3 3 6 11 21 -5 37
5 Antofagasta 24 9 9 6 32 28 13 6 6 1 20 13 11 3 3 5 12 15 4 36
6 Universidad Chile 23 9 8 6 37 26 10 5 5 0 22 8 13 4 3 6 15 18 11 35
7 Huachipato 25 9 7 9 29 31 12 6 5 1 15 10 13 3 2 8 14 21 -2 34
8 Palestino 24 9 5 10 28 31 13 7 3 3 20 15 11 2 2 7 8 16 -3 32
9 Cobresal 23 8 6 9 29 27 11 5 3 3 16 10 12 3 3 6 13 17 2 30
10 Univ. Concepcion 24 7 9 8 30 35 11 4 2 5 15 17 13 3 7 3 15 18 -5 30
11 Santiago Wanderers 24 8 5 11 32 41 12 6 2 4 19 19 12 2 3 7 13 22 -9 29
12 O'Higgins 23 8 4 11 29 32 11 3 1 7 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 11 -3 28
13 Everton 24 6 10 8 27 31 12 3 6 3 13 12 12 3 4 5 14 19 -4 28
14 Audax Italiano 25 7 7 11 34 39 12 6 3 3 19 12 13 1 4 8 15 27 -5 28
15 La Serena 24 8 4 12 24 29 12 5 2 5 13 11 12 3 2 7 11 18 -5 28
16 Deportes Iquique 23 7 6 10 26 31 12 5 3 4 14 15 11 2 3 6 12 16 -5 27
17 Coquimbo Unido 23 6 5 12 22 35 12 4 3 5 12 18 11 2 2 7 10 17 -13 23
18 Colo-Colo 24 5 7 12 25 36 12 3 1 8 12 20 12 2 6 4 13 16 -11 22

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.