Striving La Serena need to pull off a surprise victory when they greet hard-driving Ñublense in the next league match. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home regulars will have so-so expectations.
- La Serena have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Primera Division
- Ñublense have the most points from losing position (12) in Primera Division
These teams have little in common geographically as Ñublense have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
La Serena form and stats
With 2 Primera Division wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, La Serena are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on La Serena to get some points in this home game.
Serena haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 271 minutes ago. Andrada scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Marini led his La Serena to a defeat away at Coquimbo Unido. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena.
Preceding that match was the home game against Antofagasta that was lost 0-1.The La Serena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. When La Serena hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Coquimbo Unido, Universidad Chile, Antofagasta, Union La Calera and Universidad Catolica), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Ñublense form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Ñublense have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far.
Impressive finishing from Aravena and Guerra (2) secured the home win 3-2 against Cobresal in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Universidad Chile with the score of 1-0.Ñublense have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Ñublense as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Serena and Ñublense have faced off previously this season: Ñublense - La Serena 3-1. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): La Serena won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Ñublense managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  A. Aravena Guzmán 8 goals | P. Rubio Pulgar 6 goals |  L. Valencia Rossel 4 goals |
La Serena missing players
Ñublense missing players
| La Serena | Ñublense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 31 |
| 34 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 84% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 68% |
| 53% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 53% |
| 37% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 37% |
| 16% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 58% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 63% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 26% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.3 | 13.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 37% | 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 32% |
| 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- La Serena have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Primera Division
- Ñublense have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Primera Division
- Ñublense have the most points from losing position (12) in Primera Division
- Ñublense have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Primera Division
- Ñublense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Ñublense | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Curico Unido | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 4 | Cobresal | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Union Espanola | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Palestino | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Everton | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Huachipato | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | O'Higgins | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Audax Italiano | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Universidad Catolica | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Universidad Chile | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Union La Calera | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -12 | 18 |
| 14 | La Serena | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | Antofagasta | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
