Betting preview: Magallanes vs Unión Española should be interesting

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal (3500 seats)

Magallanes got a 2-1 scoreline versus Unión Española in their previous week, a game to remember. The next job is this resolute Unión Española team.

Insights:
  • Magallanes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Primera Division

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Magallanes form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primera Division this season. Magallanes have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio Municipal.

Magallanes are returning here after guesting Unión Española in a Chilean Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Universidad Chile.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Magallanes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 2.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 18 latest league matches shows that 14 of them had goals from both sides.

On the other hand, Magallanes have conceded 12 goals.

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Unión Española form and stats

The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Chilean Cup home loss versus Magallanes with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Audax Italiano in the Primera Division.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Unión Española in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Unión Española, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league matches have seen two goals or less.

The attacking power of Española when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Unión Española are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Unión Española - Magallanes 1-2 was the scoreline in these squads' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the former nine meetings): Magallanes won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Unión Española got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three.

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaL. Garate
L. Garate
11 goals
Unión EspañolaR. Piñeiro Silva
R. Piñeiro Silva
6 goals
MagallanesF. Flores Chandia
F. Flores Chandia
4 goals

Magallanes missing players

Unión Española missing players

Magallanes Unión Española
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 4 9 19
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 8
4 3 0 Drew D 2 4 6
11 4 0 Lost L 0 3 5
20 9 2 Scored S 4 6 25
30 12 1 Conceded C 2 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 63%
53% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 32%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
74% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 37%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 42%
26% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 26%
 
4.7 4.6 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.1 4.6
5 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.7 5.5
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 5 7
 
12.3 12.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.7 12.8
3.8 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4 4.6
28% 26% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 17% 28%
 
12.4 11.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 15 13.7
4.6 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Magallanes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Magallanes have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Primera Division
  • Magallanes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 19 10 6 3 35 17 10 7 3 0 18 7 9 3 3 3 17 10 18 36
2 Huachipato 19 10 2 7 28 21 9 5 1 3 14 8 10 5 1 4 14 13 7 32
3 Everton 19 9 4 6 28 25 10 6 1 3 15 11 9 3 3 3 13 14 3 31
4 Unión Española 19 8 6 5 25 14 10 6 2 2 19 7 9 2 4 3 6 7 11 30
5 Colo-Colo 18 8 6 4 25 19 10 6 2 2 16 8 8 2 4 2 9 11 6 30
6 Universidad Chile 19 8 5 6 21 20 8 3 3 2 8 6 11 5 2 4 13 14 1 29
7 Palestino 19 8 5 6 28 28 10 4 3 3 14 14 9 4 2 3 14 14 0 29
8 Coquimbo Unido 19 9 2 8 23 24 9 5 1 3 11 11 10 4 1 5 12 13 -1 29
9 Universidad Catolica 19 7 6 6 32 27 10 3 4 3 17 14 9 4 2 3 15 13 5 27
10 Union La Calera 19 6 9 4 26 23 9 3 4 2 11 10 10 3 5 2 15 13 3 27
11 Nublense 19 6 5 8 20 26 10 3 2 5 12 17 9 3 3 3 8 9 -6 23
12 Audax Italiano 19 6 4 9 25 28 9 4 2 3 13 10 10 2 2 6 12 18 -3 22
13 O'Higgins 19 5 5 9 20 24 9 1 3 5 11 13 10 4 2 4 9 11 -4 20
14 Curico Unido 19 6 1 12 20 33 10 3 0 7 10 17 9 3 1 5 10 16 -13 19
15 Magallanes 19 4 4 11 20 30 9 2 3 4 9 12 10 2 1 7 11 18 -10 16
16 Copiapo 18 4 4 10 14 31 9 2 3 4 9 18 9 2 1 6 5 13 -17 16

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.