Curicó Unido favourites for feisty fight facing Ñublense

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 11.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario La Granja (8278 seats)

12th- against 9th spot might not seem all that hot. Fear not: Here's the intelligence that makes Curicó Unido - Ñublense (even) more intriguing!

Insights:
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Curicó Unido form and stats

Curicó Unido have played 11 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Curicó, who won 4-1 against Huachipato (placed 15th).

Ahead of that match, Curicó Unido won a home game hosting Cobresal (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Curicó Unido have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 20 games) they have won 14 times, drawn four and lost two.

A decent goal production from Curicó Unido in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Curicó have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Ñublense form and stats

Ñublense have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-4-5 (11 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Ñublense in their previous game, as they lost their Primera Division-match, hosting La Serena, 0-1.

Prior to that result Ñublense won their away game at Colo-Colo. The scoreline was 1-0.

Ñublense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Union La Calera in just four days.

The visiting Ñublense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Ñublense struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head match ended Ñublense - Curicó Unido 2-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Curicó Unido five wins, one draw and Ñublense four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Curicó UnidoL. Benegas
L. Benegas
11 goals
ÑublenseN. Guerra
N. Guerra
7 goals
ÑublenseP. Vargas Romero
P. Vargas Romero
4 goals

Curicó Unido missing players

Ñublense missing players

Curicó Unido Ñublense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 3 11 23
6 4 2 Won W 1 2 7
8 4 2 Drew D 1 4 8
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 8
28 17 6 Scored S 6 13 32
31 15 4 Conceded C 7 19 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
87% 91% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 61%
39% 55% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 48%
22% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 35%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 17%
57% 73% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 52%
22% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 30%
26% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 30%
 
5.4 4.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 4.2
4 3.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 6.5 6
1.8 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14 15 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.5 13.3
5.3 5.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 5
23% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 30% 28%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Curicó Unido have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Curicó Unido 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 Colo-Colo 23 14 4 5 37 20 11 5 2 4 12 7 12 9 2 1 25 13 17 46
2 Universidad Catolica 22 13 2 7 41 27 11 9 2 0 27 9 11 4 0 7 14 18 14 41
3 Audax Italiano 23 11 8 4 29 21 11 7 2 2 15 10 12 4 6 2 14 11 8 41
4 Union La Calera 23 12 5 6 28 25 12 7 2 3 13 11 11 5 3 3 15 14 3 41
5 Union Espanola 23 11 3 9 37 33 12 7 2 3 23 18 11 4 1 6 14 15 4 36
6 Universidad Chile 22 9 7 6 30 25 11 4 4 3 13 13 11 5 3 3 17 12 5 34
7 Cobresal 23 9 5 9 29 24 12 7 2 3 21 10 11 2 3 6 8 14 5 32
8 Everton 22 8 7 7 19 19 11 4 4 3 10 10 11 4 3 4 9 9 0 31
9 Ñublense 23 7 8 8 32 29 12 5 4 3 19 10 11 2 4 5 13 19 3 29
10 Antofagasta 22 7 8 7 27 29 11 6 1 4 15 14 11 1 7 3 12 15 -2 29
11 La Serena 23 7 7 9 29 28 11 5 3 3 16 11 12 2 4 6 13 17 1 28
12 Curicó Unido 23 6 8 9 28 31 11 4 4 3 17 15 12 2 4 6 11 16 -3 26
13 Palestino 22 7 4 11 30 33 11 5 2 4 17 14 11 2 2 7 13 19 -3 25
14 O'Higgins 23 6 7 10 20 31 11 4 4 3 12 13 12 2 3 7 8 18 -11 25
15 Huachipato 22 4 11 7 26 32 11 2 6 3 10 13 11 2 5 4 16 19 -6 23
16 Melipilla 23 5 7 11 26 41 12 2 6 4 16 19 11 3 1 7 10 22 -15 22
17 Santiago Wanderers 22 4 3 15 17 37 11 2 2 7 10 22 11 2 1 8 7 15 -20 15

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.