Home advantage could prove decisive in Magallanes - Curicó Unido battle

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Tue 09.May
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal (3500 seats)

Important shoot-out in the bottom section of the Primera Division, with both Magallanes and Curicó Unido undergoing more tension than pleasure. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the team playing at home at 16th and the away side in 15th spot.

Insights:
  • Magallanes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera Division
  • Curicó Unido have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Primera Division

Magallanes and Curicó Unido 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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Magallanes form and stats

The total Primera Division stats at home this season for Magallanes are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Magallanes has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Rojas and the players.

Stress levels are on the rise for Magallanes's attacking players as they have now played 203 minutes without scoring in a league game. Berardo was their last goal scorer.

The home supporters witnessed a 2-2 draw vs César Vallejo in the Copa Sudamericana last time out and are hoping for a win here.

Before that game, the home loss against Copiapo with the scoreline 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Magallanes have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Magallanes, as the Primera Division home game vs Audax Italiano is only four days away.

Magallanes aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Magallanes's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Curicó Unido form and stats

1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Curicó Unido in their Primera Division matches away. It's a growing despair in Curicó Unido as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Curicó Unido might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Everton proved too strong as Curicó Unido slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Bicentenario La Granja.

Prior to that match, the Curicó manager Galaz faced defeat when travelling to Cobresal and losing 0-2.

Curicó Unido are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Observe that 9 of this club's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Curicó Unido are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). For Curicó, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Curicó Unido have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (5-1-0) when playing Magallanes.

The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Curicó UnidoD. Coelho Díaz
D. Coelho Díaz
4 goals
MagallanesJ. Alfaro Gaete
J. Alfaro Gaete
2 goals
MagallanesC. Villanueva Roland
C. Villanueva Roland
2 goals

Magallanes missing players

Curicó Unido missing players

Magallanes Curicó Unido
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 12
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
7 2 1 Lost L 0 3 8
11 4 0 Scored S 2 7 15
19 6 2 Conceded C 1 11 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
45% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 75%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 50%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 17%
64% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
36% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 17%
 
4.4 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.2
4.5 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5.2
1.8 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.9 13.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.2 13.7
3.6 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.8
28% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 44% 33%
 
11.9 9.6 7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 15 16.7
4.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5.6 5.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Curicó Unido's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Curicó Unido have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Curicó Unido have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Primera Division
  • Curicó Unido have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Primera Division
  • Curicó Unido haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Magallanes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Magallanes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera Division
  • Magallanes have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Primera Division
  • Magallanes 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 Huachipato 11 7 1 3 19 11 5 3 0 2 8 5 6 4 1 1 11 6 8 22
2 Universidad Chile 11 6 3 2 13 10 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 4 1 1 8 5 3 21
3 Cobresal 12 6 2 4 24 16 6 5 1 0 13 5 6 1 1 4 11 11 8 20
4 Universidad Catolica 11 5 4 2 22 14 6 2 3 1 13 9 5 3 1 1 9 5 8 19
5 Colo-Colo 12 5 4 3 17 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 6 2 2 2 8 10 2 19
6 Coquimbo Unido 12 6 1 5 17 15 5 3 1 1 9 6 7 3 0 4 8 9 2 19
7 Everton 12 5 2 5 18 19 6 4 0 2 9 6 6 1 2 3 9 13 -1 17
8 Union Espanola 12 4 4 4 14 10 6 3 1 2 9 4 6 1 3 2 5 6 4 16
9 O'Higgins 12 4 4 4 16 14 6 1 2 3 8 8 6 3 2 1 8 6 2 16
10 Union La Calera 12 3 7 2 14 14 6 2 3 1 7 6 6 1 4 1 7 8 0 16
11 Palestino 12 4 3 5 18 24 7 3 2 2 11 12 5 1 1 3 7 12 -6 15
12 Nublense 12 4 2 6 15 20 6 2 0 4 10 15 6 2 2 2 5 5 -5 14
13 Audax Italiano 12 3 4 5 18 18 6 2 2 2 9 7 6 1 2 3 9 11 0 13
14 Copiapo 12 3 4 5 11 19 6 1 3 2 7 11 6 2 1 3 4 8 -8 13
15 Curicó Unido 12 3 1 8 15 24 7 2 0 5 8 13 5 1 1 3 7 11 -9 10
16 Magallanes 11 2 2 7 11 19 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 1 0 5 7 13 -8 8

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.