Palestino will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Curicó Unido.
- Palestino has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
- Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Palestino form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Palestino have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Palestino are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Palestino are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Palestino, as their goalkeeper Federico Vicente Lanzillota has completely shut out the opponents for 209 minutes in the Primera Division.
Palestino enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Deportes Iquique's place. The match ended 2-0 with J. Benítez and B. Carrasco scoring. Before that, Palestino had a home game versus Audax Italiano which ended with a victory 1-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palestino as they are travelling to their away game against Univ. Concepción in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Palestino in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Curicó Unido form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Curicó Unido so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Curicó Unido much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Palestino will be a tough nut to crack. Curicó has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
J. Buss was the last player to score for the away team. Curicó haven't scored a league goal in the last 201 minutes.
Curicó play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Huachipato (placed 8th). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Cobresal.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Antofagasta in just three days.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Curicó's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Curicó Unido - Palestino 1-0. Palestino-Curicó Unido H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Palestino four wins, Curicó Unido two wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Castro 8 goals |  J. Benítez 7 goals | P. Parra Rubilar 5 goals |
Palestino missing players
Curicó Unido missing players
| Palestino | Curicó Unido | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 30 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 28 |
| 31 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | 33 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 44% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 32% | 54% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 48% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 46% |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 28% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 42% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 13.4 | 14.7 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 24% | 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 29% | 32% |
- Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Palestino has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
- Palestino 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 | Universidad Católica | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | Union La Calera | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Curicó Unido | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -5 | 37 |
| 6 | Universidad Chile | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 36 |
| 7 | Palestino | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 35 |
| 8 | Huachipato | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Cobresal | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Everton | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 32 |
| 12 | La Serena | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Univ. Concepción | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Audax Italiano | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | O'Higgins | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Deportes Iquique | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 17 | Coquimbo Unido | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 18 | Colo-Colo | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -11 | 22 |