O'Higgins v Unión Española betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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

Primera Division: Two sides who have done superbly as yet. Learn more on O'Higgins - Unión Española with this comprehensive preview!

Insights:
  • O'Higgins have the most points (14) at home in Primera Division
  • O'Higgins have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión Española have scored away.

This should be an exciting fixture with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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O'Higgins form and stats

O'Higgins have performed here at Estadio El Teniente this season with 4 wins from 6 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. O'Higgins are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

In their previous game, the manager Soso led his O'Higgins to a defeat away at Antofagasta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio El Teniente.

Ahead of that match, O'Higgins won a home game hosting Nublense (1-0).

A decent goal production from O'Higgins in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, O'Higgins have conceded only 5 goals.

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Unión Española form and stats

The visitors are W3-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Unión Española, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Española played 2-2 against Cobresal in their previous match. As mentioned above, Unión Española drew the match against Cobresal. Manager Bravo brought on Conelli to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Prior to that result Unión Española won their away game at La Serena. The scoreline was 2-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Unión Española has managed 5 goals and let in 5 from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for O'Higgins, one draw and seven wins for Unión Española. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaR. Piñeiro Silva
R. Piñeiro Silva
4 goals
O'HigginsF. Castro Souto
F. Castro Souto
3 goals
Unión EspañolaL. Garate
L. Garate
3 goals

O'Higgins missing players

Unión Española missing players

O'Higgins Unión Española
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 1 5 11
5 4 1 Won W 1 3 6
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
12 11 1 Scored S 1 5 13
12 5 0 Conceded C 0 5 10
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 64%
45% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 55%
36% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 36%
36% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
3.6 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 7.6 7.1
5.5 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.7
3.2 3.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
9.3 10.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 18 14 12.8
4 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5 4.5
27% 42% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 26%
 
11.5 10.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14 11 11
3.9 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.6
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • O'Higgins have not yet lost a game at home.
  • O'Higgins have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • O'Higgins have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • O'Higgins have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión Española have scored away.
  • O'Higgins have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • O'Higgins have the most points (14) at home in Primera Division
  • O'Higgins haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unión Española have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Unión Española 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 Colo-Colo 11 6 3 2 22 8 5 4 1 0 13 3 6 2 2 2 9 5 14 21
2 Unión Española 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 Nublense 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 Catolica 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.