O'Higgins vs Ñublense betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Teniente (14450 seats)

Primera Division: The middle-of-the-table placements tell a story of the journey O'Higgins and Ñublense have been on uptil now. Both sides are eager to play; let's get this baby out!

Insights:
  • Ñublense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for O'Higgins and Ñublense.

O'Higgins are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Ñublense is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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O'Higgins form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for O'Higgins at their home stadium (Estadio El Teniente) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. O'Higgins are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio El Teniente, having lost their two previous games here.

O'Higgins are returning here after visiting Curico Unido in a Primera Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. M. Larrondo (2) scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, O'Higgins lost 1-3 at home to Universidad Católica.

This is expected to be a close game, with O'Higgins perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with O'Higgins as a small favourite), we find 14 games. O'Higgins has won six of these, drawn four and lost four.

O'Higgins are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, O'Higgins have conceded 18 goals.

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Ñublense form and stats

Ñublense have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 3-5-6 (14 played).

Ñublense go into this game after a win, the home game against Universidad Chile that ended 1-0.

Prior to that match, the Ñublense manager J. García faced defeat when travelling to Antofagasta and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by Ñublense in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Ñublense, six draws and ten defeats.

The visiting Ñublense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ñublense have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other already this season, with the match result Ñublense - O'Higgins 0-0 registered in the official records. Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for O'Higgins, six draws and two wins for Ñublense. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

ÑublenseN. Guerra
N. Guerra
9 goals
O'HigginsM. Larrondo Páez
M. Larrondo Páez
8 goals
O'HigginsF. Castro Souto
F. Castro Souto
5 goals

O'Higgins missing players

Ñublense missing players

O'Higgins Ñublense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 14 29
9 5 1 Won W 0 3 9
8 4 1 Drew D 2 5 10
12 5 1 Lost L 2 6 10
30 15 3 Scored S 3 17 38
40 18 3 Conceded C 7 21 34
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
66% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 62%
45% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
31% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 28%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 14%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 57% 48%
38% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 34%
28% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 31%
 
4.3 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.1 4.3
5.1 5.2 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.7 5.3
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.6 2.2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.1 9.9 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 12 13.3
3.6 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4.8
29% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 30% 27%
 
11.9 12 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.4 12.1
5.3 5.2 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6.2 4.6
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Ñublense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Universidad Católica 28 18 2 8 57 34 14 12 2 0 36 12 14 6 0 8 21 22 23 56
2 Colo-Colo 27 17 4 6 45 24 13 7 2 4 16 8 14 10 2 2 29 16 21 55
3 Audax Italiano 29 14 9 6 36 28 14 8 2 4 19 16 15 6 7 2 17 12 8 51
4 Union La Calera 28 14 6 8 36 32 14 7 2 5 16 16 14 7 4 3 20 16 4 48
5 Union Espanola 28 14 3 11 45 40 14 9 2 3 28 21 14 5 1 8 17 19 5 45
6 Antofagasta 28 11 8 9 33 36 14 8 1 5 19 17 14 3 7 4 14 19 -3 41
7 Everton 28 10 8 10 26 27 14 6 4 4 13 12 14 4 4 6 13 15 -1 38
8 Ñublense 29 9 10 10 38 34 15 6 5 4 21 13 14 3 5 6 17 21 4 37
9 Cobresal 28 10 5 13 36 35 14 7 2 5 24 16 14 3 3 8 12 19 1 35
10 Melipilla 29 9 8 12 37 47 15 4 7 4 22 21 14 5 1 8 15 26 -10 35
11 O'Higgins 29 9 8 12 30 40 14 5 4 5 15 18 15 4 4 7 15 22 -10 35
12 La Serena 28 8 10 10 38 39 14 6 4 4 21 18 14 2 6 6 17 21 -1 34
13 Palestino 28 9 7 12 41 43 14 5 4 5 23 21 14 4 3 7 18 22 -2 34
14 Universidad Chile 28 9 7 12 31 34 14 4 4 6 14 17 14 5 3 6 17 17 -3 34
15 Curico Unido 28 7 10 11 32 37 14 4 6 4 18 18 14 3 4 7 14 19 -5 31
16 Huachipato 28 5 13 10 29 38 14 3 7 4 11 14 14 2 6 6 18 24 -9 28
17 Santiago Wanderers 27 5 4 18 22 44 14 3 3 8 13 25 13 2 1 10 9 19 -22 19

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.