La Serena vs Audax Italiano: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Portada de La Serena (14000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Primera Division, with both La Serena and Audax Italiano experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 15th place.

Insights:
  • La Serena has the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano has the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Primera Division

It's no vacation for neither La Serena nor Audax Italiano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

15 - 11 - 24 with 57-72. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Audax Italiano when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Audax Italiano play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Serena are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Italiano is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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La Serena form and stats

Overall Primera Division stats at home this season for La Serena are 6-3-7 (wins-draw-losses).

Serena drew their last game, 1-1 away at Union Espanola (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Serena lost 1-2 at home to Universidad Católica.

The hometeam coach M. Ponce Torres made a successful contribution in the game against Union Espanola, bringing on F. Hormazabal who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

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 La Serena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost five.

Serena are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Audax Italiano form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Audax Italiano so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-9 (win-draw-lose).

Italiano's last game was the home draw against Deportes Iquique (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to O'Higgins.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Audax Italiano in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Italiano, zero draws and six defeats.

Italiano have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Italiano struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 30 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Audax Italiano - Serena 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. La Serena-Audax Italiano H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Serena two wins, Audax Italiano six wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SerenaH. Suazo Pontivo
H. Suazo Pontivo
8 goals
Audax ItalianoR. Holgado
R. Holgado
8 goals
Audax ItalianoI. Ledesma
I. Ledesma
6 goals

La Serena missing players

Audax Italiano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
La Serena Audax Italiano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 6 2 Won W 0 2 9
9 3 1 Drew D 1 5 11
14 7 1 Lost L 3 9 13
34 17 4 Scored S 2 18 45
39 17 3 Conceded C 5 30 50
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
73% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 82%
42% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 67%
9% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 33%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 12%
45% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 70%
30% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 18%
33% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
11.6 12.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.1 11.5
4.1 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.6 4.8
25% 25% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 31% 29%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Audax Italiano has the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano has the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano has the most matches over the total-line (22) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • La Serena has the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) 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 Universidad Católica 33 17 11 5 63 34 17 9 6 2 35 16 16 8 5 3 28 18 29 62
2 Union La Calera 33 17 6 10 57 38 16 9 4 3 28 14 17 8 2 7 29 24 19 57
3 Union Espanola 33 14 10 9 54 49 17 7 6 4 27 23 16 7 4 5 27 26 5 52
4 Palestino 33 14 8 11 47 43 16 9 4 3 29 21 17 5 4 8 18 22 4 50
5 Universidad Chile 33 12 13 8 46 32 16 7 8 1 30 12 17 5 5 7 16 20 14 49
6 Antofagasta 33 12 12 9 42 39 17 8 7 2 26 17 16 4 5 7 16 22 3 48
7 Huachipato 33 13 7 13 43 43 17 10 5 2 28 15 16 3 2 11 15 28 0 46
8 Cobresal 33 12 8 13 41 39 16 8 4 4 25 15 17 4 4 9 16 24 2 44
9 O'Higgins 33 12 8 13 39 38 16 4 5 7 18 24 17 8 3 6 21 14 1 44
10 Santiago Wanderers 33 12 8 13 42 51 17 9 4 4 25 20 16 3 4 9 17 31 -9 44
11 Curico Unido 33 12 7 14 37 50 17 9 2 6 23 22 16 3 5 8 14 28 -13 43
12 Univ. Concepción 33 9 14 10 37 44 16 5 5 6 19 22 17 4 9 4 18 22 -7 41
13 Everton 33 9 13 11 36 41 16 6 6 4 20 16 17 3 7 7 16 25 -5 40
14 La Serena 33 10 9 14 34 39 16 6 3 7 17 17 17 4 6 7 17 22 -5 39
15 Audax Italiano 33 9 11 13 45 50 17 7 6 4 27 20 16 2 5 9 18 30 -5 38
16 Colo-Colo 33 9 11 13 32 42 17 6 3 8 17 22 16 3 8 5 15 20 -10 38
17 Deportes Iquique 33 8 11 14 36 46 16 5 5 6 16 20 17 3 6 8 20 26 -10 35
18 Coquimbo Unido 33 9 7 17 31 44 17 5 4 8 15 21 16 4 3 9 16 23 -13 34

Table
  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 Católica 33 17 11 5 63 34 17 9 6 2 35 16 16 8 5 3 28 18 29 62
2 Union La Calera 33 17 6 10 57 38 16 9 4 3 28 14 17 8 2 7 29 24 19 57
3 Union Espanola 33 14 10 9 54 49 17 7 6 4 27 23 16 7 4 5 27 26 5 52
4 Palestino 33 14 8 11 47 43 16 9 4 3 29 21 17 5 4 8 18 22 4 50
5 Universidad Chile 33 12 13 8 46 32 16 7 8 1 30 12 17 5 5 7 16 20 14 49
6 Antofagasta 33 12 12 9 42 39 17 8 7 2 26 17 16 4 5 7 16 22 3 48
7 Huachipato 33 13 7 13 43 43 17 10 5 2 28 15 16 3 2 11 15 28 0 46
8 Cobresal 33 12 8 13 41 39 16 8 4 4 25 15 17 4 4 9 16 24 2 44
9 O'Higgins 33 12 8 13 39 38 16 4 5 7 18 24 17 8 3 6 21 14 1 44
10 Santiago Wanderers 33 12 8 13 42 51 17 9 4 4 25 20 16 3 4 9 17 31 -9 44
11 Curico Unido 33 12 7 14 37 50 17 9 2 6 23 22 16 3 5 8 14 28 -13 43
12 Univ. Concepción 33 9 14 10 37 44 16 5 5 6 19 22 17 4 9 4 18 22 -7 41
13 Everton 33 9 13 11 36 41 16 6 6 4 20 16 17 3 7 7 16 25 -5 40
14 La Serena 33 10 9 14 34 39 16 6 3 7 17 17 17 4 6 7 17 22 -5 39
15 Audax Italiano 33 9 11 13 45 50 17 7 6 4 27 20 16 2 5 9 18 30 -5 38
16 Colo-Colo 33 9 11 13 32 42 17 6 3 8 17 22 16 3 8 5 15 20 -10 38
17 Deportes Iquique 33 8 11 14 36 46 16 5 5 6 16 20 17 3 6 8 20 26 -10 35
18 Coquimbo Unido 33 9 7 17 31 44 17 5 4 8 15 21 16 4 3 9 16 23 -13 34

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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.