Open game expected at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK: Unión Española vs Ñublense preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 21.March
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

Ñublense have journeyed here for an engaging game against the home side Unión Española. Get ready for the match with this thorough Primera Division preview!

Insights:
  • Unión Española have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ñublense is in the best form (4-2-0) in Primera Division

Unión Española have less rest than Ñublense in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Antofagasta.

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Unión Española form and stats

Unión Española have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Primera Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

The Unión Española goalkeeper Luis Mejia Cajar is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 237 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.

Española are returning here after visiting Antofagasta in a Copa Sudamericana match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Erik lost again This is expected to be a close game, with Unión Española perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión Española as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Unión Española has won eight of these, drawn two and lost four.

Unión Española are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Ñublense form and stats

Ñublense are happy with their away performances in the Primera Division so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

Two away games in a row for Ñublense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Unión La Calera in the Copa Sudamericana.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Coquimbo Unido.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ñublense playing away and similar expectations, we found 22 relevant matches. Results were five Ñublense wins, seven draws and ten defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ñublense have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. It's not easy to score on Ñublense as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

ÑublenseA. Aravena Guzmán
A. Aravena Guzmán
4 goals
ÑublenseF. Mateos
F. Mateos
2 goals
Unión EspañolaV. Méndez
V. Méndez
1 goals

Unión Española missing players

Ñublense missing players

Unión Española Ñublense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 0 3 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 4
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 1 Scored S 0 4 10
4 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 83%
60% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 67%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
60% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 67%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
6.6 7.3 11 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.7 3
6 5.7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6
3.4 3.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.4 15 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.7 13.8
3.6 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 5.3
28% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 31%
 
12.8 11.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.3 13.8
5.4 4.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.3 4.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Unión Española have created more than twice as many corners as Ñublense.
  • Unión Española have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Unión Española have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ñublense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ñublense have not yet lost a game.
  • Ñublense have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ñublense have the most points from losing position (7) in Primera Division
  • Ñublense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ñublense is in the best form (4-2-0) in Primera Division

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

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.