Soccer betting preview: Ñublense welcomes Universidad Chile in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Bicentenario Municipal Nelson Oyarzún (12000 seats)

A short peek at the Primera Division standings hint of an advantage to Universidad Chile when they go to Ñublense. However; let's await the match before we award the win!

Insights:
  • Ñublense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Universidad Chile have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Primera Division

This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Ñublense form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Ñublense have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 7 games.

Ñublense are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Huachipato.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Copiapo in a game that was won 1-0.

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 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Flamengo are coming to town in four days.

The Ñublense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Ñublense have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Universidad Chile form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Universidad Chile playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

Universidad Chile's last game was the home draw against Cobresal (0-0).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Coquimbo Unido's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Universidad playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 3 Universidad Chile wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Universidad Chile are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Ñublense have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Universidad Chile.

Top Goalscorers

ÑublenseP. Rubio Pulgar
P. Rubio Pulgar
5 goals
Universidad ChileC. Palacios Ferreira
C. Palacios Ferreira
5 goals
ÑublenseA. Valdés
A. Valdés
3 goals

Ñublense missing players

Universidad Chile missing players

Ñublense Universidad Chile
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 7 13
5 3 0 Won W 2 4 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
7 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
16 11 1 Scored S 5 9 14
22 15 2 Conceded C 2 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 77%
71% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 62%
50% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 46%
21% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 15%
14% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 54%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 38%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 31%
 
2.9 3.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.3 3.9
5.2 4.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.4 4.3
2.9 3.6 7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.8
9 7 3 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.5 13.9 15 Shots (avg) S ( 17.5 14 14.4
3.9 4.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.5
30% 33% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 35% 24%
 
16 14.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 20 14.3 12.9
5.4 6.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 4.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Universidad Chile have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universidad Chile have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Primera Division
  • Ñublense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ñublense have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Ñublense 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 Huachipato 13 9 1 3 23 12 6 4 0 2 10 5 7 5 1 1 13 7 11 28
2 Cobresal 14 8 3 3 27 14 7 6 1 0 14 5 7 2 2 3 13 9 13 27
3 Colo-Colo 14 6 5 3 20 17 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 23
4 Universidad Catolica 13 6 4 3 27 17 7 2 3 2 14 11 6 4 1 1 13 6 10 22
5 Universidad Chile 13 6 4 3 14 12 6 2 3 1 5 5 7 4 1 2 9 7 2 22
6 Coquimbo Unido 14 7 1 6 19 19 6 3 1 2 9 9 8 4 0 4 10 10 0 22
7 Union Espanola 14 5 5 4 18 13 8 4 2 2 13 7 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 20
8 Everton 14 5 4 5 21 22 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -1 19
9 Palestino 14 5 4 5 21 26 7 3 2 2 11 12 7 2 2 3 10 14 -5 19
10 O'Higgins 14 4 5 5 17 16 7 1 3 3 9 9 7 3 2 2 8 7 1 17
11 Ñublense 14 5 2 7 16 22 7 3 0 4 11 15 7 2 2 3 5 7 -6 17
12 Audax Italiano 14 4 4 6 21 21 6 2 2 2 9 7 8 2 2 4 12 14 0 16
13 Union La Calera 14 3 7 4 17 19 7 2 3 2 8 8 7 1 4 2 9 11 -2 16
14 Curico Unido 14 4 1 9 17 26 8 2 0 6 8 14 6 2 1 3 9 12 -9 13
15 Copiapo 14 3 4 7 12 24 7 1 3 3 8 15 7 2 1 4 4 9 -12 13
16 Magallanes 13 2 2 9 13 23 7 1 2 4 6 10 6 1 0 5 7 13 -10 8

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.