The season has been a struggle for La Serena so far, and that also applies to Antofagasta. These weathered teams pray for some important points here.
- La Serena have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Primera Division
- Antofagasta have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Primera Division
These teams have little in common geographically as Antofagasta have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
La Serena and Antofagasta should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
La Serena form and stats
With 2 Primera Division wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, La Serena are certainly not brimming with confidence. When La Serena hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Coquimbo Unido, Audax Italiano, Unión La Calera, La Serena and O'Higgins), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
In their previous game, the manager Marini led his La Serena to a defeat away at Colo-Colo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in four league games. The game against Colo-Colo was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting O'Higgins in a game that was won 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with La Serena perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with La Serena as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Serena has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
La Serena has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the La Serena defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. La Serena has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Antofagasta form and stats
There's been little loot from Antofagasta's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Primera Division. Antofagasta only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
There were no winners in Antofagasta's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Universidad Chile (placed 10th). As mentioned above, Antofagasta drew the match against Universidad Chile. Manager Torrente brought on Torres to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Cobresal's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Antofagasta playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Antofagasta wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Lacking goals? 10 of this club's most recent 12 league matches have seen two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Antofagasta have conceded 14 goals in their away games. When Antofagasta is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Coquimbo Unido, Audax Italiano, Antofagasta, Unión La Calera and O'Higgins.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the result Antofagasta - La Serena 2-2 written in the official records. La Serena-Antofagasta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Serena two wins, Antofagasta four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Valencia Rossel 4 goals | S. Dittborn Martínez-Conde 3 goals | M. Guerrero Pena 3 goals |
La Serena missing players
Antofagasta missing players
| La Serena | Antofagasta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 21 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 59% |
| 59% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 11% | 18% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 6% |
| 65% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 24% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 6 | 6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 8.5 | 8.8 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | 10.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 35% | 25% |
| 14.2 | 14.3 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
- Antofagasta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Antofagasta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera Division
- Antofagasta have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Primera Division
- Antofagasta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- La Serena have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Primera Division
- La Serena have won significantly less corners at 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 | 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 |
