Soccer betting preview: Unión Española welcomes Cobresal in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

Unión Española are hunting the top league positions while Cobresal are more worried about steering clear of relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Unión Española have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera Division
  • Cobresal have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Primera Division

This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

For Cobresal most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Unión Española form and stats

9 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Unión Española, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Primera Division, have to build on here at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK in the Primera Division.

A good away victory last time out for Española, who won 1-0 against Colo-Colo (placed 2nd).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-6 away at Ñublense.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Unión Española have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won eight, drawn one and lost two.

A decent goal production from Unión Española in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Española defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cobresal form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cobresal so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose). Cobresal seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Cobresal played 0-0 against Universidad Chile in their previous match.

Prior to that match, the Cobresal manager G. Huerta Araya faced defeat when travelling to Palestino and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Cobresal in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Cobresal, one draw and four defeats.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 21 goals have been conceded by Cobresal in these games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played previously this season: Cobresal - Unión Española 2-0. Española-Cobresal H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Unión Española four wins, Cobresal five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaC. Palacios Ferreira
C. Palacios Ferreira
16 goals
CobresalB. Hurtado Cortesía
B. Hurtado Cortesía
12 goals
EspañolaP. Rubio Pulgar
P. Rubio Pulgar
8 goals

Unión Española missing players

Cobresal missing players

Unión Española Cobresal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
15 9 4 Won W 2 3 10
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
13 4 1 Lost L 1 9 14
48 29 13 Scored S 4 13 39
49 24 8 Conceded C 3 21 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 90%
84% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 81%
65% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 55%
35% 53% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 19%
26% 33% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
68% 87% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 61%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 29%
26% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 19%
 
4.8 4.9 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.1 4
4.4 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 4.7
2.1 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.1
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
13.4 14.2 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.9 12.8
5.1 5.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 4.9
30% 33% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 24% 25%
 
12.1 11 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.5 13.3
5 4.8 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cobresal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobresal have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Primera Division
  • Cobresal have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Primera Division
  • Cobresal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión Española have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Unión Española have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Española have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cobresal have scored away.
  • Unión Española have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española have the most points from losing position (16) in Primera Division
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 31 21 2 8 62 34 16 14 2 0 39 12 15 7 0 8 23 22 28 65
2 Colo-Colo 31 19 5 7 49 25 16 9 2 5 20 9 15 10 3 2 29 16 24 62
3 Audax Italiano 31 14 11 6 38 30 15 8 3 4 19 16 16 6 8 2 19 14 8 53
4 Unión La Calera 31 15 6 10 39 37 16 7 2 7 17 20 15 8 4 3 22 17 2 51
5 Unión Española 31 15 3 13 48 49 15 9 2 4 29 24 16 6 1 9 19 25 -1 48
6 Antofagasta 31 11 11 9 33 36 15 8 2 5 19 17 16 3 9 4 14 19 -3 44
7 Ñublense 31 10 11 10 45 36 16 7 5 4 27 14 15 3 6 6 18 22 9 41
8 Palestino 31 11 8 12 47 46 15 6 4 5 25 22 16 5 4 7 22 24 1 41
9 Everton 31 10 9 12 29 32 15 6 4 5 14 14 16 4 5 7 15 18 -3 39
10 La Serena 31 9 11 11 40 42 15 6 4 5 21 20 16 3 7 6 19 22 -2 38
11 Melipilla 31 10 8 13 38 48 16 5 7 4 23 21 15 5 1 9 15 27 -10 38
12 O'Higgins 32 9 11 12 31 41 16 5 6 5 16 19 16 4 5 7 15 22 -10 38
13 Cobresal 31 10 7 14 39 39 16 7 4 5 26 18 15 3 3 9 13 21 0 37
14 Curicó Unido 31 8 12 11 36 38 16 4 8 4 19 19 15 4 4 7 17 19 -2 36
15 Universidad Chile 31 9 9 13 31 35 15 4 5 6 14 17 16 5 4 7 17 18 -4 36
16 Huachipato 31 7 13 11 33 40 15 4 7 4 13 14 16 3 6 7 20 26 -7 34
17 Santiago Wanderers 31 5 5 21 24 54 16 3 4 9 15 30 15 2 1 12 9 24 -30 20

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.