Balanced ball game between Santiago Wanderers and Antofagasta expected

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Wed 21.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander (23000 seats)

The visiting Antofagasta side should be favourites in this visit to Santiago Wanderers, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Santiago Wanderers and Antofagasta 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.

It's quite the trip for Antofagasta when visiting Wanderers as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Santiago Wanderers form and stats

Santiago Wanderers, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Primera Division, have collected 10 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 3-1-4.

The Wanderers fans got no joy from their last match, a Primera Division game also here at Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander: A 0-3 defeat against Unión La Calera (placed 2nd). 2-2 away at Everton before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Santiago Wanderers as a small favourite), we find six games. Santiago Wanderers has won one of these, drawn one and lost four.

Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Wanderers have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Antofagasta form and stats

Antofagasta, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Primera Division, have an excellent away record in the Primera Division so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Antofagasta as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. Visiting Antofagasta has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Antofagasta have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Catalan. It's been 253 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.

Impressive finishing from C. Muñoz secured the home win 1-0 against Universidad Chile in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Huachipato.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Antofagasta in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Antofagasta, six draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Antofagasta have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Antofagasta's manager H. Almandoz has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Wanderers, one draw and five wins for Antofagasta. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

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Antofagasta missing players

Santiago Wanderers Antofagasta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 4 Played P 3 6 14
5 3 1 Won W 3 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
8 4 3 Lost L 0 0 1
23 13 4 Scored S 6 8 20
29 16 10 Conceded C 0 2 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 79%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 33% 57%
87% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 43%
33% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 29%
20% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
67% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 43%
13% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 83% 57%
20% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
6 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
183 99 52 Total Shots T S 29 53 163
77 45 24 Shots on Target S O 15 24 61
30% 29% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 33%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Santiago Wanderers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Antofagasta has the fewest conceded goals (10) in Primera Division
  • Antofagasta has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Primera Division
  • Antofagasta has the most clean sheets (5) away in Primera Division
  • Antofagasta have not yet lost a game away.
  • Antofagasta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Santiago Wanderers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Primera Division
  • Santiago Wanderers has the most conceded goals (29) in Primera Division
  • Santiago Wanderers has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in Primera Division
  • Santiago Wanderers has the most matches over the total-line (13) in Primera Division
  • Santiago Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santiago Wanderers 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 Universidad Catolica 14 10 3 1 32 12 7 5 1 1 17 6 7 5 2 0 15 6 20 33
2 Unión La Calera 15 10 3 2 24 12 8 5 3 0 12 6 7 5 0 2 12 6 12 33
3 Union Espanola 15 10 2 3 32 21 8 5 2 1 18 12 7 5 0 2 14 9 11 32
4 Antofagasta 14 7 6 1 20 10 8 4 3 1 12 8 6 3 3 0 8 2 10 27
5 Universidad Chile 15 7 4 4 26 18 7 4 3 0 15 4 8 3 1 4 11 14 8 25
6 Huachipato 15 6 4 5 18 18 8 4 3 1 9 7 7 2 1 4 9 11 0 22
7 Audax Italiano 15 5 5 5 22 22 7 4 2 1 11 6 8 1 3 4 11 16 0 20
8 Curicó Unido 14 6 2 6 11 20 7 5 0 2 7 6 7 1 2 4 4 14 -9 20
9 Cobresal 15 5 4 6 21 20 7 3 2 2 10 6 8 2 2 4 11 14 1 19
10 Everton 15 4 7 4 15 15 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 2 3 3 8 9 0 19
11 Palestino 15 5 4 6 15 18 7 3 3 1 8 5 8 2 1 5 7 13 -3 19
12 Coquimbo Unido 15 5 3 7 17 22 7 3 2 2 8 9 8 2 1 5 9 13 -5 18
13 Santiago Wanderers 15 5 2 8 23 29 8 3 1 4 13 16 7 2 1 4 10 13 -6 17
14 Univ. Concepción 15 3 7 5 18 23 7 1 2 4 9 15 8 2 5 1 9 8 -5 16
15 Deportes Iquique 15 4 3 8 15 26 7 3 1 3 6 12 8 1 2 5 9 14 -11 15
16 O'Higgins 15 3 2 10 17 26 8 1 0 7 8 18 7 2 2 3 9 8 -9 11
17 Colo-Colo 14 2 4 8 17 23 7 1 1 5 10 14 7 1 3 3 7 9 -6 10
18 La Serena 15 2 3 10 14 22 8 2 1 5 10 11 7 0 2 5 4 11 -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.