Balanced ball game between O'Higgins and Palestino expected

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 29.May
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Teniente (14450 seats)

O'Higgins battle against Palestino for glory and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Palestino have scored in all their matches so far.

The visiting Palestino played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Sudamericana match.

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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 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The home team returns to Estadio El Teniente after being equal after 90 minutes with Santiago Wanderers (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Primera Division game ended 0-0.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Union Espanola (1-4).

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 O'Higgins have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost six.

O'Higgins has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. On the other hand, O'Higgins have conceded 4 goals.

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Palestino form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Primera Division away games so far for Palestino with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for Palestino in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The manager J. Sierra Pando was unhappy after their last game, a Copa Sudamericana match played at their home ground Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna. Palestino suffered a 1-2 loss to Libertad.

A 1-3 defeat away at Newell's Old Boys before that.

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

Palestino find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Palestino have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: O'Higgins won five, Palestino won one and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

O'HigginsM. Larrondo Páez
M. Larrondo Páez
2 goals
PalestinoJ. Sánchez Sotelo
J. Sánchez Sotelo
2 goals
O'HigginsT. Alarcón Vergara
T. Alarcón Vergara
1 goals

O'Higgins missing players

Palestino missing players

O'Higgins Palestino
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 1 3 5
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 2
4 2 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 2 0 Scored S 2 4 7
6 4 0 Conceded C 1 3 8
62% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 80%
62% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
38% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 9.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 9.2
3.5 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3 4
21% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 35%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Palestino have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Palestino 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 Nublense 8 4 1 3 16 11 4 3 0 1 10 3 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 13
2 Audax Italiano 7 3 4 0 6 3 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 13
3 Colo-Colo 8 4 1 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 0 1 7 6 0 13
4 O'Higgins 8 3 4 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 13
5 La Serena 8 3 3 2 8 4 4 2 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 5 4 4 12
6 Universidad Catolica 7 4 0 3 10 8 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 1 0 3 3 6 2 12
7 Melipilla 8 3 2 3 9 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 3 3 11
8 Union Espanola 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 11
9 Cobresal 8 3 2 3 9 8 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 1 11
10 Universidad Chile 7 3 2 2 6 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
11 Union La Calera 7 3 2 2 6 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 5 -1 11
12 Everton 7 2 3 2 6 10 3 0 1 2 1 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 -4 9
13 Antofagasta 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 2 1 7 6 0 8
14 Palestino 5 2 1 2 7 8 2 0 1 1 3 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 -1 7
15 Huachipato 6 1 3 2 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 6
16 Curico Unido 8 1 3 4 7 12 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 0 0 4 1 8 -5 6
17 Santiago Wanderers 7 0 1 6 4 13 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 2 6 -9 1

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.