Struggling La Serena will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Unión Española in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primera Division this season. La Serena have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio La Portada de La Serena.
The home team returns to Estadio La Portada de Serena after being equal after 90 minutes with Huachipato (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Primera Division game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, La Serena lost 0-1 at home to Univ. Concepción.
Serena has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Serena's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Unión Española form and stats
3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Unión Española in their Primera Division matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Española as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Primera Division match against Antofagasta (0-2). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Santiago Wanderers.
Española have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. 6 goals have been conceded by Unión Española in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Serena seven wins, one draw and Unión Española two victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Palacios Ferreira 5 goals | M. Dávila Carvajal 4 goals |  F. Olego 3 goals |
La Serena missing players
Unión Española missing players
| La Serena | Unión Española | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 161 | 94 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 66 | 165 |
| 54 | 28 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 26 | 68 |
| 19% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 29% |
- La Serena haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- La Serena is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Unión Española 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 | Universidad Catolica | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Union La Calera | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Universidad Chile | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Unión Española | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Curicó Unido | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 7 | Palestino | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Audax Italiano | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Cobresal | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Everton | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Huachipato | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Santiago Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | O'Higgins | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Univ. Concepción | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Deportes Iquique | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 17 | Colo-Colo | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | La Serena | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 6 |