Primera Division match prediction: Little separates Magallanes and Palestino in quality

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal (3500 seats)

The visiting Palestino side should be front runners at Magallanes, as the guests hold a 16 point lead from their 21 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Magallanes have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Primera Division
  • Palestino is in the best form (5-1-0) in Primera Division

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Magallanes form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Magallanes at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Magallanes after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Magallanes's previous fixture was a Chilean Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 vs O'Higgins. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against O'Higgins in the Chilean Cup.

Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

12 goals have been conceded.

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Palestino form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Palestino hope to make it five in this match.

The supporters enjoyed Palestino's previous game versus Universidad Catolica (placed 9th), a 3-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Union La Calera with the score of 3-2.

Palestino are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. Palestino have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported match between these squads is the Palestino - Magallanes 3-2 played not long ago this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous three meetings): Magallanes won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Palestino managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.

Top Goalscorers

PalestinoM. Dávila Carvajal
M. Dávila Carvajal
8 goals
PalestinoF. Cornejo
F. Cornejo
5 goals
MagallanesF. Flores Chandia
F. Flores Chandia
4 goals

Magallanes missing players

Palestino missing players

Magallanes Palestino
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 3 10 21
5 3 1 Won W 3 5 10
4 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
12 4 0 Lost L 0 3 6
22 10 2 Scored S 7 17 34
33 12 1 Conceded C 1 16 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 86%
52% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 52%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 33%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 19%
71% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 62%
5% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 29%
24% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 10%
 
4.6 4.3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 4.6
5 5.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.3 3.9
2.3 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
12.2 12.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 14.3 14.4
3.8 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5 4.7
28% 28% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 34% 34%
 
13 12 5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 12.6 12.2
4.8 4.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4 4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Magallanes have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Primera Division
  • Magallanes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Palestino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Palestino haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Palestino is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Cobresal 21 12 6 3 40 19 11 8 3 0 21 8 10 4 3 3 19 11 21 42
2 Huachipato 21 11 3 7 31 23 10 5 2 3 16 10 11 6 1 4 15 13 8 36
3 Palestino 21 10 5 6 34 30 11 5 3 3 17 14 10 5 2 3 17 16 4 35
4 Colo-Colo 20 9 7 4 29 22 10 6 2 2 16 8 10 3 5 2 13 14 7 34
5 Everton 21 10 4 7 30 27 11 6 1 4 16 13 10 4 3 3 14 14 3 34
6 Coquimbo Unido 22 9 5 8 28 29 10 5 2 3 13 13 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 32
7 Union La Calera 22 7 10 5 31 28 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 3 6 2 16 14 3 31
8 Union Espanola 22 8 6 8 28 20 11 6 2 3 19 8 11 2 4 5 9 12 8 30
9 Universidad Catolica 22 8 6 8 34 33 12 4 4 4 19 17 10 4 2 4 15 16 1 30
10 Universidad Chile 22 8 6 8 25 28 10 3 4 3 11 12 12 5 2 5 14 16 -3 30
11 Audax Italiano 22 7 5 10 28 30 11 4 3 4 14 12 11 3 2 6 14 18 -2 26
12 O'Higgins 21 6 6 9 26 27 10 1 4 5 12 14 11 5 2 4 14 13 -1 24
13 Nublense 22 6 6 10 23 31 12 3 3 6 14 20 10 3 3 4 9 11 -8 24
14 Curico Unido 21 6 3 12 22 35 10 3 0 7 10 17 11 3 3 5 12 18 -13 21
15 Copiapo 21 5 6 10 20 36 11 3 4 4 14 22 10 2 2 6 6 14 -16 21
16 Magallanes 21 5 4 12 22 33 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 1 8 12 21 -11 19

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.