Evenly matched teams: Curicó Unido vs Universidad Católica match preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario La Granja (8278 seats)

Curicó Unido have delivered well so far this season, proven by 3rd place in the table. Universidad Católica have an outlook both up and down the table from their 9th spot.

Insights:
  • Curicó Unido have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Primera Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Curicó Unido form and stats

Curicó Unido are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Bicentenario La Granja. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

A nice win for Curicó last time playing, versus Cobresal. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Coelho scoring for the victors. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Galaz when Coelho scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 52nd minute.

Before that, Curicó Unido played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Huachipato.

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 Unido have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 7 and lost 4.

Curicó can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. Curicó Unido have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Universidad Católica so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Universidad Católica goalkeeper Matias Ezequiel Dituro is eager to challenge this, with his 219 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for Universidad Católica, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Sao Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Coquimbo Unido in the Primera Division.

Universidad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Universidad Católica's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 18 goals in 7 travels.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the participants faced each other previously this season; Universidad Católica - Curicó 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Curicó Unido one win, two draws and Universidad Católica seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. Zampedri loves to face Curicó and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
12 goals
Curicó UnidoD. Coelho Díaz
D. Coelho Díaz
7 goals
Curicó UnidoR. Holgado
R. Holgado
6 goals

Curicó Unido missing players

Universidad Católica missing players

Curicó Unido Universidad Católica
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 7 16
8 6 1 Won W 0 1 7
5 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
4 2 0 Lost L 2 6 8
31 20 4 Scored S 1 9 21
15 4 0 Conceded C 7 18 24
88% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 75%
53% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 56%
41% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 71% 31%
18% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 19%
47% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 50%
41% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
24% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 25%
 
4 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.8
4.9 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.5
2.1 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
11.8 11.7 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11 11.2
5.2 6.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.3
35% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 32% 30%
 
14.4 11.3 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.7 10.3
4.4 3.3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.7 4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Curicó Unido have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Curicó Unido have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Universidad Católica have scored away.
  • Curicó Unido have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Universidad Católica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica 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 Colo-Colo 17 9 6 2 33 11 8 6 2 0 20 3 9 3 4 2 13 8 22 33
2 Ñublense 17 8 6 3 27 16 8 5 2 1 17 8 9 3 4 2 10 8 11 30
3 Curicó Unido 17 8 5 4 31 15 9 6 1 2 20 4 8 2 4 2 11 11 16 29
4 Unión Española 16 8 5 3 22 16 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 4 1 3 11 10 6 29
5 Cobresal 17 8 3 6 23 19 9 5 2 2 13 8 8 3 1 4 10 11 4 27
6 Palestino 17 6 8 3 17 18 8 5 2 1 10 9 9 1 6 2 7 9 -1 26
7 Huachipato 17 7 4 6 19 22 8 5 1 2 12 10 9 2 3 4 7 12 -3 25
8 Everton 17 4 10 3 16 14 8 2 5 1 6 4 9 2 5 2 10 10 2 22
9 Universidad Católica 16 7 1 8 21 24 9 6 1 2 12 6 7 1 0 6 9 18 -3 22
10 Universidad Chile 17 6 3 8 22 24 8 5 2 1 12 6 9 1 1 7 10 18 -2 21
11 O'Higgins 17 5 6 6 16 20 9 4 4 1 15 10 8 1 2 5 1 10 -4 21
12 Audax Italiano 17 5 5 7 21 25 8 3 2 3 11 11 9 2 3 4 10 14 -4 20
13 La Serena 17 4 5 8 20 31 9 2 3 4 11 15 8 2 2 4 9 16 -11 17
14 Unión La Calera 17 2 9 6 12 23 9 2 5 2 8 10 8 0 4 4 4 13 -11 15
15 Coquimbo Unido 17 3 4 10 19 34 9 3 2 4 15 17 8 0 2 6 4 17 -15 13
16 Antofagasta 17 2 6 9 14 21 8 1 5 2 6 7 9 1 1 7 8 14 -7 12

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.