Soccer betting preview: Melipilla welcomes Huachipato in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana (6000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Primera Division, with both Melipilla and Huachipato experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 15th place.

Insights:
  • Melipilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huachipato have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an engaging fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Melipilla form and stats

Melipilla have collected 9 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-3-2.

A strong away win for Melipilla against Everton the last match, as G. Sosa (2) were on target.

Before that game, the home loss against Colo-Colo with the scoreline 2-4.

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 Melipilla have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melipilla, as the Primera Division home game vs Curicó Unido is only two days away.

A decent goal production from Melipilla in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.

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Huachipato form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huachipato so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Huachipato's previous game versus Universidad Catolica (placed 4th), a Primera Division 2-1 win played at home.

A 0-1 loss hosting Union Espanola before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huachipato playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were one Huachipato win, two draws and eight defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Huachipato manager J. Luvera as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Cobresal.

Huachipato are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Huachipato struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Melipilla victories, zero draws and four Huachipato wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Melipilla missing players

Huachipato missing players

Melipilla Huachipato
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
5 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
4 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
21 12 3 Scored S 6 11 18
23 11 2 Conceded C 5 13 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 73%
87% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 60%
40% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 40%
27% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 57% 33%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 20%
53% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 47%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
27% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 53%
 
4.3 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 5.6
6.2 5.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.3 4.1
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.2 11 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8 10.4
4.8 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 4.7
29% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 42% 26%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Huachipato have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Huachipato have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huachipato have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Huachipato haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Melipilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Melipilla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Melipilla 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 Unión La Calera 15 9 4 2 17 12 7 6 1 0 9 3 8 3 3 2 8 9 5 31
2 Colo-Colo 15 9 3 3 24 13 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 6 1 1 16 8 11 30
3 Audax Italiano 15 7 6 2 16 11 8 5 2 1 10 7 7 2 4 1 6 4 5 27
4 Universidad Catolica 15 8 1 6 24 19 7 6 1 0 16 6 8 2 0 6 8 13 5 25
5 Universidad Chile 15 7 4 4 17 13 8 4 2 2 9 7 7 3 2 2 8 6 4 25
6 Antofagasta 15 6 5 4 20 17 8 5 0 3 11 9 7 1 5 1 9 8 3 23
7 Everton 15 6 5 4 15 13 8 3 2 3 8 9 7 3 3 1 7 4 2 23
8 Union Espanola 15 6 3 6 23 21 8 4 2 2 14 11 7 2 1 4 9 10 2 21
9 La Serena 15 5 5 5 22 17 8 4 3 1 14 7 7 1 2 4 8 10 5 20
10 Ñublense 15 5 5 5 20 16 7 4 2 1 11 3 8 1 3 4 9 13 4 20
11 Cobresal 15 5 4 6 17 17 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 1 3 4 6 11 0 19
12 Melipilla 15 5 4 6 21 23 7 2 3 2 12 11 8 3 1 4 9 12 -2 19
13 O'Higgins 16 4 7 5 13 20 8 2 4 2 7 10 8 2 3 3 6 10 -7 19
14 Palestino 15 5 2 8 19 24 8 3 2 3 10 11 7 2 0 5 9 13 -5 17
15 Huachipato 15 3 7 5 18 20 8 2 4 2 7 7 7 1 3 3 11 13 -2 16
16 Curicó Unido 15 3 4 8 15 22 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 1 1 6 5 13 -7 13
17 Santiago Wanderers 15 0 1 14 6 29 7 0 1 6 3 16 8 0 0 8 3 13 -23 1

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.