Evenly matched teams: Ñublense vs Universidad Católica match preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún (12000 seats)

Ñublense are placed 4th, while Universidad Católica are dragging their feet 6 points behind in the league standings. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Ñublense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division

Universidad Católica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Sporting Cristal. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Ñublense form and stats

Ñublense have collected 11 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 3-2-0.

Ñublense are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus O'Higgins.

Before that, Ñublense had a home game versus Everton which ended with a victory 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Ñublense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ñublense as a small favourite), we find eight games. Ñublense has won four of these, drawn three and lost one.

A decent goal production from Ñublense in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Universidad Católica playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. A depressing four defeats in a row for Universidad in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Coquimbo Unido.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Cristal in their previous outing. The Copa Libertadores battle ended 1-1. Defender Parot was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Parot hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.

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Universidad Católica are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Universidad Católica have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Ñublense wins - draws - Universidad Católica wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
7 goals
ÑublenseA. Aravena Guzmán
A. Aravena Guzmán
4 goals
ÑublenseF. Mateos
F. Mateos
2 goals

Ñublense missing players

Universidad Católica missing players

Ñublense Universidad Católica
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
14 9 2 Scored S 1 7 13
10 5 1 Conceded C 2 11 17
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
36% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 55%
18% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 27%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 18%
64% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 64%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
3.5 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8 3.8 4.8
5.2 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.8 4.5
3.4 3.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
14.1 17 21 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 12
4.8 6.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 3.6
26% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 32%
 
12 11.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8 12 10.6
4.3 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5 4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Universidad Católica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Universidad Católica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Universidad Católica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ñublense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 Colo-Colo 11 6 3 2 22 8 5 4 1 0 13 3 6 2 2 2 9 5 14 21
2 Union Espanola 11 6 3 2 13 10 6 3 3 0 8 5 5 3 0 2 5 5 3 21
3 Curico Unido 11 5 4 2 19 7 5 3 1 1 11 1 6 2 3 1 8 6 12 19
4 Ñublense 11 5 4 2 14 10 5 3 2 0 9 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 4 19
5 O'Higgins 11 5 3 3 12 12 6 4 2 0 11 5 5 1 1 3 1 7 0 18
6 Cobresal 11 5 2 4 17 14 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 3 1 2 9 7 3 17
7 Huachipato 11 5 2 4 9 11 5 4 0 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 2 7 -2 17
8 Everton 11 3 5 3 10 9 5 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 2 2 7 7 1 14
9 Audax Italiano 11 3 4 4 12 13 6 2 1 3 7 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 -1 13
10 Universidad Católica 11 4 1 6 13 17 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 1 0 4 7 11 -4 13
11 Palestino 11 2 7 2 9 14 5 2 2 1 5 8 6 0 5 1 4 6 -5 13
12 Coquimbo Unido 11 3 3 5 15 18 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 0 2 3 4 8 -3 12
13 Universidad Chile 11 3 2 6 13 17 5 2 2 1 5 3 6 1 0 5 8 14 -4 11
14 Antofagasta 11 2 4 5 10 12 6 1 3 2 3 4 5 1 1 3 7 8 -2 10
15 La Serena 11 2 3 6 15 23 6 0 2 4 7 13 5 2 1 2 8 10 -8 9
16 Union La Calera 11 1 6 4 6 14 6 1 3 2 4 7 5 0 3 2 2 7 -8 9

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.