Palestino welcome La Serena as odds-on favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 25.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna (12000 seats)

Palestino have taken 18 of their 32 in total here at their home arena. How will they do versus La Serena?

There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they performed in a Primera Division game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Universidad Chile.

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Palestino form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Palestino have to build on here at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna in the Primera Division.

Palestino are returning here after visiting Universidad Chile in a Primera Division game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. B. Carrasco scored the goal(s). Some amazing scenes last match, when B. Carrasco scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.

In the match before that, Palestino hosted O'Higgins and drew the game 2-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Palestino's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won four matches, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palestino as they are travelling to their away game against Santiago Wanderers in the Primera Division. That match is four days after this one.

Palestino have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Palestino have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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La Serena form and stats

La Serena have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-5-6 (13 played).

Serena's previous game was their home loss versus Colo-Colo (1-4).

A 1-1 draw at Melipilla's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Serena playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, two draws and one home win.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Huachipato in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Serena have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by La Serena in these games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other already this season, with the result La Serena - Palestino 4-3 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Palestino wins - draws - La Serena wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Palestino missing players

La Serena missing players

Palestino La Serena
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 4 13 26
9 5 3 Won W 2 2 8
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 8
11 4 1 Lost L 1 6 10
36 19 9 Scored S 6 14 33
37 16 5 Conceded C 3 18 34
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 85%
80% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 77%
56% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 38%
32% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 23%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
60% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 46%
24% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 35%
20% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 35%
 
4.6 4.8 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.5 3.8
5 4.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.3 5.5
2.1 2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.3
5 3 2 Red cards R C 1 5 6
 
10.6 11.1 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.6 11.1
5.2 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.2
28% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 30%

  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 25 16 4 5 43 21 12 6 2 4 14 7 13 10 2 1 29 14 22 52
2 Universidad Catolica 25 16 2 7 49 31 13 11 2 0 32 12 12 5 0 7 17 19 18 50
3 Audax Italiano 26 12 8 6 32 27 13 7 2 4 17 16 13 5 6 2 15 11 5 44
4 Union La Calera 25 13 5 7 31 27 13 7 2 4 14 13 12 6 3 3 17 14 4 44
5 Union Espanola 26 13 3 10 42 37 13 8 2 3 25 19 13 5 1 7 17 18 5 42
6 Everton 25 10 7 8 22 21 13 6 4 3 12 10 12 4 3 5 10 11 1 37
7 Cobresal 26 10 5 11 33 30 13 7 2 4 22 13 13 3 3 7 11 17 3 35
8 Antofagasta 25 9 8 8 30 31 13 7 1 5 17 16 12 2 7 3 13 15 -1 35
9 Universidad Chile 25 9 7 9 30 28 13 4 4 5 13 15 12 5 3 4 17 13 2 34
10 Nublense 26 8 9 9 35 31 13 5 4 4 19 12 13 3 5 5 16 19 4 33
11 Palestino 25 9 5 11 36 37 12 5 3 4 19 16 13 4 2 7 17 21 -1 32
12 La Serena 26 8 8 10 33 34 13 6 3 4 19 16 13 2 5 6 14 18 -1 32
13 O'Higgins 26 7 8 11 24 35 13 5 4 4 14 15 13 2 4 7 10 20 -11 29
14 Curico Unido 25 6 9 10 29 33 12 4 5 3 17 15 13 2 4 7 12 18 -4 27
15 Melipilla 26 6 8 12 29 44 13 2 7 4 17 20 13 4 1 8 12 24 -15 26
16 Huachipato 25 4 11 10 26 36 12 2 6 4 10 14 13 2 5 6 16 22 -10 23
17 Santiago Wanderers 25 5 3 17 21 42 12 3 2 7 12 23 13 2 1 10 9 19 -21 18

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.