Approaching the top sides is on the list when these mid-table sides duel. Both are targeting to strenghten their league table standing, Unión Española in 6th and La Serena in 11th spot.
- Unión Española have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Primera Division
- La Serena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Unión Española form and stats
Unión Española have collected 17 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 5-2-3.
The Unión Española fans got no joy from their last match, a Primera Division game also here at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK: A 2-3 defeat against Universidad Chile (placed 5th).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Melipilla with a 3-0 scoreline.The Española fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Unión Española defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
La Serena form and stats
There's been little loot from La Serena's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Primera Division. La Serena only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Impressive finishing from S. Leyton and L. Valencia secured the home win 2-0 against O'Higgins in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Universidad Chile.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Everton in just three days.
Serena have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As for defending, La Serena rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides met each other previously this match year: La Serena - Unión Española 0-0. Stats for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Española, three draws and four wins for La Serena. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Palacios Ferreira 14 goals |  S. Leyton Hevia 6 goals | R. Paredes Moraga 3 goals |
Unión Española missing players
La Serena missing players
| Unión Española | La Serena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 32 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 28 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 25% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 65% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 13.4 | 13.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 10.1 | 11.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 31% |
- La Serena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Unión Española have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Unión Española have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home 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 | Colo-Colo | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 40 |
| 2 | Universidad Catolica | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Unión La Calera | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Universidad Chile | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Unión Española | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Cobresal | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Antofagasta | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Nublense | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | La Serena | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | O'Higgins | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 13 | Huachipato | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Palestino | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Melipilla | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Curicó Unido | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | -22 | 8 |