Melipilla fights O'Higgins in Primera Division battle

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 07.June
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana (6000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Melipilla have their presumed home advantage while O'Higgins are ahead 5 points in the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Melipilla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • O'Higgins have not yet lost a game away.

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.

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Melipilla form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Melipilla have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in the Primera Division.

Melipilla lost their last game at La Serena (placed 2nd) after a 1-5 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Melipilla suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

In the match before that, Melipilla hosted Antofagasta and drew the game 1-1.

Melipilla has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Melipilla are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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O'Higgins form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.

The O'Higgins goalkeeper Augusto Martin Batalla Barga is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

M. Larrondo scored in O'Higgins's previous match, the home game against Palestino that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Santiago Wanderers.

O'Higgins have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. The O'Higgins defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Melipilla won two, O'Higgins won one and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MelipillaG. Sosa
G. Sosa
5 goals
O'HigginsM. Larrondo Páez
M. Larrondo Páez
3 goals
MelipillaA. Astudillo Quiñones
A. Astudillo Quiñones
1 goals

Melipilla missing players

O'Higgins missing players

Melipilla O'Higgins
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 4 9
3 1 1 Won W 1 2 4
2 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
10 4 3 Scored S 3 4 7
11 3 1 Conceded C 2 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 67%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 33%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
33% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 33%
33% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 67%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
4 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 3.2
6.1 5.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.5 5.8
2.2 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 9.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.2 8.4
4 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.4
28% 27% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 23%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Melipilla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Melipilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • O'Higgins have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • O'Higgins have not yet lost a game away.
  • O'Higgins have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • O'Higgins have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 O'Higgins 9 4 4 1 7 6 5 2 2 1 3 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 1 16
2 La Serena 9 4 3 2 13 5 5 3 2 0 8 1 4 1 1 2 5 4 8 15
3 Universidad Católica 8 5 0 3 12 9 4 4 0 0 9 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 15
4 Union Espanola 9 4 2 3 14 11 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 14
5 Nublense 8 4 1 3 16 11 4 3 0 1 10 3 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 13
6 Audax Italiano 7 3 4 0 6 3 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 13
7 Colo-Colo 8 4 1 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 0 1 7 6 0 13
8 Everton 8 3 3 2 7 10 4 1 1 2 2 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 -3 12
9 Universidad Chile 7 3 2 2 6 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
10 Cobresal 9 3 2 4 10 10 4 3 0 1 7 3 5 0 2 3 3 7 0 11
11 Melipilla 9 3 2 4 10 11 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 2 0 3 6 8 -1 11
12 Union La Calera 7 3 2 2 6 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 5 -1 11
13 Antofagasta 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 2 1 7 6 0 8
14 Palestino 6 2 1 3 7 9 2 0 1 1 3 5 4 2 0 2 4 4 -2 7
15 Huachipato 6 1 3 2 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 6
16 Curico Unido 9 1 3 5 8 14 5 1 3 1 7 6 4 0 0 4 1 8 -6 6
17 Santiago Wanderers 8 0 1 7 4 14 4 0 1 3 2 7 4 0 0 4 2 7 -10 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.