Palestino host O'Higgins as clear favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Fri 15.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna (12000 seats)

The glass has been half empty for Palestino so far, and that also applies to O'Higgins. These struggling sides would do anything for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • O'Higgins have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primera Division.

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Palestino form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Palestino have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

It's back home for Palestino, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Audax Italiano away with the result 3-2. N. Berardo, C. Villanueva and B. Carrasco found the net in that victory.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Colo-Colo (1-2).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Palestino matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and two defeats (from seven games).

A decent goal production from Palestino in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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O'Higgins form and stats

There's been little loot from O'Higgins's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the Primera Division. O'Higgins only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. A depressing five defeats in a row for O'Higgins in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Nublense.

O'Higgins are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Primera Division against Santiago Wanderers (placed 17th).

Prior to that match, the O'Higgins manager M. Ramírez Pérez faced defeat when travelling to Union Espanola and losing 2-3.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of O'Higgins when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning two games.

A new game in only four days for O'Higgins, the Primera Division home match versus Melipilla. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as O'Higgins have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: O'Higgins - Palestino 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Palestino victories, four draws and six O'Higgins wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalestinoB. Carrasco Santos
B. Carrasco Santos
9 goals
PalestinoL. Jiménez Garcés
L. Jiménez Garcés
8 goals
PalestinoC. Villanueva Roland
C. Villanueva Roland
5 goals

Palestino missing players

O'Higgins missing players

Palestino O'Higgins
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 12 24
8 5 3 Won W 1 2 7
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
11 4 1 Lost L 1 7 10
33 17 7 Scored S 2 8 21
35 14 3 Conceded C 3 18 31
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 83%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 58%
57% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 38%
30% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 25%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
61% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 42%
22% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 25% 42%
22% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 33%
 
4.4 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 4.2
5 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5 5.2
2.1 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.8
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
10.3 10.6 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.2 8.8
4.7 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.6
30% 30% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 20% 24%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • O'Higgins have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • O'Higgins have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Palestino have scored at least twice as many goals at home as O'Higgins have scored 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 Colo-Colo 24 15 4 5 39 20 12 6 2 4 14 7 12 9 2 1 25 13 19 49
2 Universidad Catolica 23 14 2 7 43 28 12 10 2 0 29 10 11 4 0 7 14 18 15 44
3 Audax Italiano 24 11 8 5 31 24 12 7 2 3 17 13 12 4 6 2 14 11 7 41
4 Union La Calera 23 12 5 6 28 25 12 7 2 3 13 11 11 5 3 3 15 14 3 41
5 Union Espanola 24 11 3 10 38 35 12 7 2 3 23 18 12 4 1 7 15 17 3 36
6 Universidad Chile 23 9 7 7 30 26 11 4 4 3 13 13 12 5 3 4 17 13 4 34
7 Everton 23 9 7 7 20 19 12 5 4 3 11 10 11 4 3 4 9 9 1 34
8 Cobresal 24 9 5 10 30 26 12 7 2 3 21 10 12 2 3 7 9 16 4 32
9 Antofagasta 23 8 8 7 28 29 12 7 1 4 16 14 11 1 7 3 12 15 -1 32
10 La Serena 24 8 7 9 31 29 12 6 3 3 18 12 12 2 4 6 13 17 2 31
11 Nublense 24 7 9 8 32 29 12 5 4 3 19 10 12 2 5 5 13 19 3 30
12 Palestino 23 8 4 11 33 35 11 5 2 4 17 14 12 3 2 7 16 21 -2 28
13 O'Higgins 24 7 7 10 21 31 12 5 4 3 13 13 12 2 3 7 8 18 -10 28
14 Curico Unido 24 6 9 9 28 31 12 4 5 3 17 15 12 2 4 6 11 16 -3 27
15 Huachipato 23 4 11 8 26 34 11 2 6 3 10 13 12 2 5 5 16 21 -8 23
16 Melipilla 24 5 7 12 26 42 12 2 6 4 16 19 12 3 1 8 10 23 -16 22
17 Santiago Wanderers 23 4 3 16 17 38 11 2 2 7 10 22 12 2 1 9 7 16 -21 15

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.