La Serena vs O'Higgins: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Tue 14.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio La Portada de La Serena (14000 seats)

La Serena have managed 4 home wins so far, O'Higgins have won 2 away. Who improves their record in this one?

Insights:
  • La Serena is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • O'Higgins have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Primera Division

La Serena and O'Higgins 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.

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La Serena form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for La Serena so far this season. The Serena manager M. Ponce Torres might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Serena drew their last game, 1-1 away at Universidad Chile (placed 5th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Curico Unido (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does La Serena handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, zero draws and two defeats.

The Serena fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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O'Higgins form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for O'Higgins so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, O'Higgins are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

O'Higgins's previous game was their home loss versus Colo-Colo (2-3).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Audax Italiano wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

O'Higgins are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, six draws and six defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. O'Higgins have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

O'Higgins - Serena 0-0 was the story when these two teams previously met, earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Serena won one game, five matches ended with a draw and O'Higgins got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

SerenaS. Leyton Hevia
S. Leyton Hevia
5 goals
O'HigginsM. Larrondo Páez
M. Larrondo Páez
4 goals
La SerenaR. Paredes Moraga
R. Paredes Moraga
3 goals

La Serena missing players

O'Higgins missing players

La Serena O'Higgins
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
5 4 3 Won W 0 2 5
7 3 0 Drew D 2 3 7
7 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
25 14 11 Scored S 2 6 16
24 9 4 Conceded C 3 11 24
79% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 78% 79%
74% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 53%
37% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 42%
26% 22% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 26%
16% 22% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
42% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 47%
37% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 42%
42% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 32%
 
3.9 4.6 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.2 4
5.6 5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.7
2.4 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 2.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.4 12.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 7.8 8.5
4.4 5.2 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.8 3.3
30% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 24% 25%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • La Serena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as O'Higgins have scored away.
  • La Serena is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • O'Higgins have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • O'Higgins have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 19 11 4 4 30 17 9 4 2 3 10 6 10 7 2 1 20 11 13 37
2 Audax Italiano 19 9 7 3 22 16 9 6 2 1 11 7 10 3 5 2 11 9 6 34
3 Universidad Catolica 19 10 2 7 31 25 10 8 2 0 23 9 9 2 0 7 8 16 6 32
4 Unión La Calera 19 9 5 5 20 20 10 6 2 2 11 9 9 3 3 3 9 11 0 32
5 Universidad Chile 18 8 6 4 23 16 9 4 3 2 10 8 9 4 3 2 13 8 7 30
6 Union Espanola 19 9 3 7 30 25 9 5 2 2 16 12 10 4 1 5 14 13 5 30
7 Cobresal 18 8 4 6 24 18 9 6 1 2 17 7 9 2 3 4 7 11 6 28
8 Antofagasta 19 7 7 5 24 22 10 6 1 3 14 11 9 1 6 2 10 11 2 28
9 Everton 19 7 6 6 17 17 10 4 3 3 10 10 9 3 3 3 7 7 0 27
10 Nublense 19 6 7 6 28 24 9 5 3 1 16 5 10 1 4 5 12 19 4 25
11 La Serena 19 5 7 7 25 24 9 4 3 2 14 9 10 1 4 5 11 15 1 22
12 O'Higgins 19 5 7 7 16 24 10 3 4 3 10 13 9 2 3 4 6 11 -8 22
13 Palestino 19 6 3 10 25 29 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 2 1 7 12 18 -4 21
14 Huachipato 17 4 8 5 21 22 9 2 5 2 8 8 8 2 3 3 13 14 -1 20
15 Melipilla 19 5 5 9 23 32 10 2 4 4 14 17 9 3 1 5 9 15 -9 20
16 Curico Unido 19 4 7 8 21 26 9 3 4 2 14 11 10 1 3 6 7 15 -5 19
17 Santiago Wanderers 18 1 2 15 10 33 9 0 2 7 6 20 9 1 0 8 4 13 -23 5

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.