Palestino favourites for feisty fight facing O'Higgins

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Fri 11.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna (12000 seats)

It's the second attempt for points this league season as Palestino and O'Higgins fight it out at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna.

Palestino and O'Higgins should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Palestino form and stats

The previous season, Palestino's league statistics were 11 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, leading to 8th spot in the Primera Division. In these 32 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 50. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Palestino managed 6-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 26 conceded.

Palestino shared the glory with Union Espanola in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Curico Unido that finished 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Palestino have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost three.

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O'Higgins form and stats

Let's have a look at how O'Higgins performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 15/22 goals scored/conceded.

O'Higgins have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alexis Martin Arias. It's been 335 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.

Impressive finishing from Hernández, Barcelo and Hormazabal secured the home win 3-0 against La Serena in their previous game.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Antofagasta.

O'Higgins are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, seven draws and six defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Palestino victories, five draws and five O'Higgins wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Palestino O'Higgins
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Palestino Last season O'Higgins
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
11 6   Won W   4 9
8 4   Drew D   5 11
13 6   Lost L   7 12
48 26   Scored S   15 31
50 26   Conceded C   22 41
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   81% 81%
84% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 62%
59% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 41%
34% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 28%
19% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
69% 62%   BTTS BTTS   44% 47%
19% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 41%
16% 19%   Failed to Score F T   44% 31%
 
4.8 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.5
5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.8
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.8
6 4   Red cards R C   3 7
 
11.2 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9
5.2 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.6
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%
 
11.9 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.2
4.7 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 O'Higgins 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Universidad Catolica 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Palestino 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Union Espanola 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Antofagasta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Audax Italiano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cobresal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Colo-Colo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Curico Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Huachipato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nublense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Union La Calera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universidad Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Coquimbo Unido 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 La Serena 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 Catolica 32 22 2 8 65 34 16 14 2 0 39 12 16 8 0 8 26 22 31 68
2 Colo-Colo 32 19 5 8 49 26 16 9 2 5 20 9 16 10 3 3 29 17 23 62
3 Audax Italiano 32 14 12 6 39 31 16 8 4 4 20 17 16 6 8 2 19 14 8 54
4 Union La Calera 32 15 6 11 41 40 16 7 2 7 17 20 16 8 4 4 24 20 1 51
5 Union Espanola 32 15 3 14 48 50 16 9 2 5 29 25 16 6 1 9 19 25 -2 48
6 Antofagasta 32 12 11 9 34 36 16 9 2 5 20 17 16 3 9 4 14 19 -2 47
7 Nublense 32 11 11 10 49 37 16 7 5 4 27 14 16 4 6 6 22 23 12 44
8 Palestino 32 11 8 13 48 50 16 6 4 6 26 26 16 5 4 7 22 24 -2 41
9 Cobresal 32 11 7 14 40 39 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 4 3 9 14 21 1 40
10 La Serena 32 9 12 11 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 20 16 3 7 6 19 22 -2 39
11 Universidad Chile 32 10 9 13 34 37 16 5 5 6 17 19 16 5 4 7 17 18 -3 39
12 Everton 32 10 9 13 29 35 16 6 4 6 14 17 16 4 5 7 15 18 -6 39
13 O'Higgins 32 9 11 12 31 41 16 5 6 5 16 19 16 4 5 7 15 22 -10 38
14 Melipilla 32 10 8 14 39 51 16 5 7 4 23 21 16 5 1 10 16 30 -12 38
15 Curico Unido 32 8 13 11 37 39 16 4 8 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 18 20 -2 37
16 Huachipato 32 8 13 11 36 41 16 5 7 4 16 15 16 3 6 7 20 26 -5 37
17 Santiago Wanderers 32 5 6 21 24 54 16 3 4 9 15 30 16 2 2 12 9 24 -30 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 O'Higgins 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Universidad Catolica 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Palestino 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Union Espanola 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Antofagasta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Audax Italiano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cobresal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Colo-Colo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Curico Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Huachipato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nublense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Union La Calera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universidad Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Coquimbo Unido 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 La Serena 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.