Balanced ball game between Curicó Unido and Unión La Calera expected

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario La Granja (8278 seats)

Playing at their own ground is secure and nice for Curicó Unido, but Unión La Calera are fully set and capable to win. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera Division game only four days ago.

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Curicó Unido form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Curicó Unido have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

Curicó lost their last game at Union Espanola (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that, Curicó drew at home versus Nublense.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Curicó have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won one, drawn five and lost three.

Curicó Unido are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

Playing away, Unión La Calera have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primera Division this season. Calera have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The manager F. Meneghini was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar. Calera suffered a 1-2 loss to Cobresal (placed 7th).

Prior to that result Calera won their away game at Nublense. The scoreline was 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Unión La Calera playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Unión La Calera wins, three draws and four defeats.

Calera have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Calera have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Unión La Calera - Curicó Unido 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Curicó wins - draws - Unión La Calera wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.

Curicó Unido missing players

Unión La Calera missing players

Curicó Unido Unión La Calera
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 5 12 25
6 4 0 Won W 2 6 13
9 5 1 Drew D 2 3 5
10 3 2 Lost L 1 3 7
29 17 5 Scored S 7 17 31
33 15 8 Conceded C 6 14 27
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 92%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 64%
40% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 58% 44%
20% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 16%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 12%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 48%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 36%
28% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 24%
 
5.3 4.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.8 3.6
4 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.5 5
2 2.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.8 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
13.9 14.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 11
5.2 5.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.5 4.2
22% 25% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 31% 30%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión La Calera have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) 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 Colo-Colo 25 16 4 5 43 21 12 6 2 4 14 7 13 10 2 1 29 14 22 52
2 Universidad Catolica 25 16 2 7 49 31 13 11 2 0 32 12 12 5 0 7 17 19 18 50
3 Audax Italiano 26 12 8 6 32 27 13 7 2 4 17 16 13 5 6 2 15 11 5 44
4 Unión La Calera 25 13 5 7 31 27 13 7 2 4 14 13 12 6 3 3 17 14 4 44
5 Union Espanola 26 13 3 10 42 37 13 8 2 3 25 19 13 5 1 7 17 18 5 42
6 Everton 25 10 7 8 22 21 13 6 4 3 12 10 12 4 3 5 10 11 1 37
7 Cobresal 26 10 5 11 33 30 13 7 2 4 22 13 13 3 3 7 11 17 3 35
8 Antofagasta 25 9 8 8 30 31 13 7 1 5 17 16 12 2 7 3 13 15 -1 35
9 Universidad Chile 25 9 7 9 30 28 13 4 4 5 13 15 12 5 3 4 17 13 2 34
10 Nublense 26 8 9 9 35 31 13 5 4 4 19 12 13 3 5 5 16 19 4 33
11 Palestino 25 9 5 11 36 37 12 5 3 4 19 16 13 4 2 7 17 21 -1 32
12 La Serena 26 8 8 10 33 34 13 6 3 4 19 16 13 2 5 6 14 18 -1 32
13 O'Higgins 26 7 8 11 24 35 13 5 4 4 14 15 13 2 4 7 10 20 -11 29
14 Curicó Unido 25 6 9 10 29 33 12 4 5 3 17 15 13 2 4 7 12 18 -4 27
15 Melipilla 26 6 8 12 29 44 13 2 7 4 17 20 13 4 1 8 12 24 -15 26
16 Huachipato 25 4 11 10 26 36 12 2 6 4 10 14 13 2 5 6 16 22 -10 23
17 Santiago Wanderers 25 5 3 17 21 42 12 3 2 7 12 23 13 2 1 10 9 19 -21 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.