Soccer betting preview: Ñublense welcomes Unión La Calera in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Tue 15.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún (12000 seats)

Ñublense are trying to brush off the league table ahead of this game versus Unión La Calera. Here's everything you must know before the game!

Insights:
  • Ñublense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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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Ñublense form and stats

Ñublense's struggle is real here at Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún with only 11 points collected from 11 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.

Ñublense are returning here after guesting LDU Quito in a Copa Sudamericana match and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Cobresal with the scoreline 1-2.

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 Ñublense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Ñublense has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ñublense have conceded 19 from these games.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Calera has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Unión La Calera's previous game was their home loss versus Palestino (2-3). That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Curico Unido with the score of 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Calera playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Unión La Calera wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

The travelling fans enjoy Unión La Calera's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Unión La Calera have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Unión La Calera have put together a streak of 10 consecutive games without losing (4-6-0) when facing Ñublense.

The most up to date logged meeting involving both these squads is the Unión La Calera - Ñublense 1-1 played earlier this season. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ÑublenseP. Rubio Pulgar
P. Rubio Pulgar
8 goals
Unión La CaleraL. Passerini
L. Passerini
7 goals
Unión La CaleraN. Orellana Acuña
N. Orellana Acuña
4 goals

Ñublense missing players

Unión La Calera missing players

Ñublense Unión La Calera
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 11 4 Played P 3 10 20
6 3 0 Won W 1 3 6
5 2 1 Drew D 2 5 9
9 6 3 Lost L 0 2 5
21 13 3 Scored S 4 15 28
28 19 7 Conceded C 1 13 26
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 85%
70% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 90% 80%
45% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
15% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 30%
10% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
65% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 80% 75%
15% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 20% 20%
25% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 20%
 
3 3.2 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.8 5.3
4.8 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.9 5.4
2.5 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.7
9 7 4 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.6 13.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 12.5 13.2
4.1 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.9 4.8
26% 24% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 29%
 
15.3 14.4 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.3 13.3
5 5.5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5 4.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Ñublense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 20 10 3 7 30 23 10 5 2 3 16 10 10 5 1 4 14 13 7 33
3 Colo-Colo 19 9 6 4 27 20 10 6 2 2 16 8 9 3 4 2 11 12 7 33
4 Palestino 20 9 5 6 31 30 10 4 3 3 14 14 10 5 2 3 17 16 1 32
5 Everton 20 9 4 7 29 27 11 6 1 4 16 13 9 3 3 3 13 14 2 31
6 Union Espanola 20 8 6 6 25 15 10 6 2 2 19 7 10 2 4 4 6 8 10 30
7 Coquimbo Unido 20 9 3 8 25 26 9 5 1 3 11 11 11 4 2 5 14 15 -1 30
8 Universidad Chile 20 8 5 7 23 25 9 3 3 3 10 11 11 5 2 4 13 14 -2 29
9 Universidad Catolica 20 7 6 7 32 29 11 3 4 4 17 16 9 4 2 3 15 13 3 27
10 Unión La Calera 20 6 9 5 28 26 10 3 4 3 13 13 10 3 5 2 15 13 2 27
11 Audax Italiano 20 7 4 9 27 28 9 4 2 3 13 10 11 3 2 6 14 18 -1 25
12 O'Higgins 20 6 5 9 25 26 9 1 3 5 11 13 11 5 2 4 14 13 -1 23
13 Ñublense 20 6 5 9 21 28 11 3 2 6 13 19 9 3 3 3 8 9 -7 23
14 Curico Unido 20 6 2 12 21 34 10 3 0 7 10 17 10 3 2 5 11 17 -13 20
15 Magallanes 21 5 4 12 22 33 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 1 8 12 21 -11 19
16 Copiapo 19 4 5 10 15 32 10 2 4 4 10 19 9 2 1 6 5 13 -17 17

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.