Primera Division match prognosis and match guide for the Melipilla vs Unión Española scrap

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Tue 07.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Pintana (6000 seats)

Faithful supporters at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana haven’t celebrated many victories this season, with Melipilla rotting in the 15th spot. The guesting Unión Española will attempt to protect their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Melipilla have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the most points from losing position (10) in Primera Division

This looks to be an exciting match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Melipilla form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Melipilla have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in the Primera Division.

No payout for Melipilla in their previous match, an away game at Nublense that ended in defeat 0-3.

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

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.

The Melipilla fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Melipilla have conceded 14 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Unión Española form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Unión Española playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

Española's previous game was their home loss versus Colo-Colo (2-3).

Before that, Unión Española secured a home win against Union La Calera with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Española in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Unión Española, four draws and four defeats.

Unión Española have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Española in these games.

Head 2 Head

Unión Española - Melipilla 0-2 was the story when these two contenders formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melipilla three wins, two draws and Unión Española five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MelipillaG. Sosa
G. Sosa
12 goals
Unión EspañolaC. Palacios Ferreira
C. Palacios Ferreira
10 goals
MelipillaC. Zavala Briones
C. Zavala Briones
3 goals

Melipilla missing players

Unión Española missing players

Melipilla Unión Española
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
5 2 1 Won W 2 3 8
5 4 2 Drew D 1 1 3
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
23 14 5 Scored S 6 11 27
29 14 3 Conceded C 5 13 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 94%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 78% 83%
44% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 56%
22% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 33%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 22%
56% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 67%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 6%
28% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 33%
 
4.3 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 4.7
5.5 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.7 4.3
2.3 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.9 10.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.7 13
4.7 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.9
27% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 30%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Melipilla have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Primera Division
  • Melipilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Española have the most points from losing position (10) 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 Colo-Colo 18 10 4 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 10 6 9 6 2 1 17 9 12 34
2 Audax Italiano 18 9 7 2 21 13 9 6 2 1 11 7 9 3 5 1 10 6 8 34
3 Union La Calera 18 9 5 4 20 19 9 6 2 1 11 8 9 3 3 3 9 11 1 32
4 Universidad Chile 17 8 5 4 22 15 8 4 2 2 9 7 9 4 3 2 13 8 7 29
5 Universidad Catolica 18 9 2 7 28 24 9 7 2 0 20 8 9 2 0 7 8 16 4 29
6 Unión Española 18 8 3 7 27 25 9 5 2 2 16 12 9 3 1 5 11 13 2 27
7 Antofagasta 18 7 6 5 23 21 9 6 0 3 13 10 9 1 6 2 10 11 2 27
8 Nublense 18 6 7 5 27 20 9 5 3 1 16 5 9 1 4 4 11 15 7 25
9 Cobresal 17 7 4 6 20 17 8 5 1 2 13 6 9 2 3 4 7 11 3 25
10 Everton 18 6 6 6 16 17 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 3 3 3 7 7 -1 24
11 O'Higgins 18 5 7 6 14 21 9 3 4 2 8 10 9 2 3 4 6 11 -7 22
12 La Serena 18 5 6 7 24 23 9 4 3 2 14 9 9 1 3 5 10 14 1 21
13 Palestino 18 6 3 9 25 28 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 2 1 6 12 17 -3 21
14 Huachipato 17 4 8 5 21 22 9 2 5 2 8 8 8 2 3 3 13 14 -1 20
15 Melipilla 18 5 5 8 23 29 9 2 4 3 14 14 9 3 1 5 9 15 -6 20
16 Curico Unido 18 4 6 8 20 25 9 3 4 2 14 11 9 1 2 6 6 14 -5 18
17 Santiago Wanderers 17 0 2 15 9 33 9 0 2 7 6 20 8 0 0 8 3 13 -24 2

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.