Can Curicó Unido beat Unión Española in Estadio Bicentenario La Granja clash?

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario La Granja (8278 seats)

Curicó Unido and Unión Española are both riding high in the Primera Division with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Curicó Unido haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión Española has the most points from losing position (14) in Primera Division

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primera Division. That game was an away game at Huachipato, so at least Curicó are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Curicó Unido form and stats

Curicó Unido have performed here at Estadio Bicentenario La Granja this season with 8 wins from 12 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Curicó to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Curicó Unido's attacking players as they have now played 201 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Buss was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Curicó in their previous match, an away game at Huachipato that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Cobresal that was lost 0-1.

Curicó has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Curicó's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Unión Española form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Española, whose manager R. Fuentes Núñez could celebrate last time after the Primera Division win against Everton. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Colo-Colo.

The travelling fans enjoy Española's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. Española have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Unión Española - Curicó Unido 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: zero - one - seven (Curicó wins - draws - Unión Española wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaC. Palacios Ferreira
C. Palacios Ferreira
15 goals
CuricóF. Castro
F. Castro
8 goals
Unión EspañolaM. Dávila Carvajal
M. Dávila Carvajal
8 goals

Curicó Unido missing players

Unión Española missing players

Curicó Unido Unión Española
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 3 11 24
11 8 1 Won W 1 6 13
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
9 3 1 Lost L 2 3 6
28 17 3 Scored S 1 18 42
33 12 4 Conceded C 3 13 32
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 73% 83%
50% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 50%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 29%
12% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 21%
46% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 55% 67%
33% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 17%
29% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 27% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
9.5 11.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 11.4 13.5
3.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5 5.6
32% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 33% 31%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Curicó Unido haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión Española has the most points from losing position (14) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 14 3 3 49 22 10 8 1 1 27 10 10 6 2 2 22 12 27 45
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 Unión Española 24 13 5 6 42 32 13 7 3 3 24 19 11 6 2 3 18 13 10 44
4 Curicó Unido 24 11 4 9 28 33 12 8 1 3 17 12 12 3 3 6 11 21 -5 37
5 Antofagasta 23 9 8 6 31 27 12 6 5 1 19 12 11 3 3 5 12 15 4 35
6 Universidad Chile 22 9 7 6 35 24 9 5 4 0 20 6 13 4 3 6 15 18 11 34
7 Huachipato 24 9 6 9 27 29 12 6 5 1 15 10 12 3 1 8 12 19 -2 33
8 Cobresal 23 8 6 9 29 27 11 5 3 3 16 10 12 3 3 6 13 17 2 30
9 Univ. Concepción 24 7 9 8 30 35 11 4 2 5 15 17 13 3 7 3 15 18 -5 30
10 Palestino 23 8 5 10 27 31 12 6 3 3 19 15 11 2 2 7 8 16 -4 29
11 Audax Italiano 24 7 7 10 34 38 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 1 4 7 15 26 -4 28
12 Everton 24 6 10 8 27 31 12 3 6 3 13 12 12 3 4 5 14 19 -4 28
13 La Serena 24 8 4 12 24 29 12 5 2 5 13 11 12 3 2 7 11 18 -5 28
14 Santiago Wanderers 23 8 4 11 31 40 12 6 2 4 19 19 11 2 2 7 12 21 -9 28
15 Deportes Iquique 23 7 6 10 26 31 12 5 3 4 14 15 11 2 3 6 12 16 -5 27
16 O'Higgins 22 7 4 11 26 32 11 3 1 7 13 21 11 4 3 4 13 11 -6 25
17 Coquimbo Unido 22 6 5 11 22 32 11 4 3 4 12 15 11 2 2 7 10 17 -10 23
18 Colo-Colo 23 5 6 12 25 36 12 3 1 8 12 20 11 2 5 4 13 16 -11 21

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.