Unión Española - Palestino: Small difference between teams in Primera Division clash

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

Finally! The Primera Division opening game for these contenders, whom are finally competing for points again. Will Unión Española or Palestino get that vital first three points?

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Unión Española form and stats

In the previous season, Unión Española's league results were 15 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses, results that produced 5th spot in the Primera Division. During these 32 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 50. Performing as the host team in the last season Unión Española delivered 9-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 25 conceded.

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 seven, drawn one and lost three.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Unión Española friendly games in pre-season: Unión Española played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Unión Española scored 0 goals and conceded 2 in these one game.

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Palestino form and stats

Let's have a look at how Palestino performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 22/24 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Palestino playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were seven Palestino wins, two draws and five defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Palestino as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Palestino have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Palestino has scored 0 goals and conceded 0 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Unión Española two wins, four draws and Palestino four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalestinoB. Carrasco Santos
B. Carrasco Santos
13 goals
PalestinoL. Jiménez Garcés
L. Jiménez Garcés
9 goals

Unión Española missing players

Palestino missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Unión Española Palestino
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Unión Española Last season Palestino
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
15 9   Won W   5 11
3 2   Drew D   4 8
14 5   Lost L   7 13
48 29   Scored S   22 48
50 25   Conceded C   24 50
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
81% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 84%
62% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 59%
34% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 34%
25% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 19%
66% 81%   BTTS BTTS   75% 69%
9% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 19%
28% 19%   Failed to Score F T   12% 16%
 
4.7 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
4.4 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
6 2   Red cards R C   2 6
 
13.2 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11.2
5.1 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.2
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
12.4 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 11.9
5 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Antofagasta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Audax Italiano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cobresal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Colo-Colo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Coquimbo Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Curico Unido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 La Serena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nublense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 O'Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Palestino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Unión Española 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Union La Calera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universidad Católica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Universidad Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 32 22 2 8 65 34 16 14 2 0 39 12 16 8 0 8 26 22 31 68
2 Colo-Colo 32 19 5 8 49 26 16 9 2 5 20 9 16 10 3 3 29 17 23 62
3 Audax Italiano 32 14 12 6 39 31 16 8 4 4 20 17 16 6 8 2 19 14 8 54
4 Union La Calera 32 15 6 11 41 40 16 7 2 7 17 20 16 8 4 4 24 20 1 51
5 Unión Española 32 15 3 14 48 50 16 9 2 5 29 25 16 6 1 9 19 25 -2 48
6 Antofagasta 32 12 11 9 34 36 16 9 2 5 20 17 16 3 9 4 14 19 -2 47
7 Nublense 32 11 11 10 49 37 16 7 5 4 27 14 16 4 6 6 22 23 12 44
8 Palestino 32 11 8 13 48 50 16 6 4 6 26 26 16 5 4 7 22 24 -2 41
9 Cobresal 32 11 7 14 40 39 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 4 3 9 14 21 1 40
10 La Serena 32 9 12 11 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 20 16 3 7 6 19 22 -2 39
11 Universidad Chile 32 10 9 13 34 37 16 5 5 6 17 19 16 5 4 7 17 18 -3 39
12 Everton 32 10 9 13 29 35 16 6 4 6 14 17 16 4 5 7 15 18 -6 39
13 O'Higgins 32 9 11 12 31 41 16 5 6 5 16 19 16 4 5 7 15 22 -10 38
14 Melipilla 32 10 8 14 39 51 16 5 7 4 23 21 16 5 1 10 16 30 -12 38
15 Curico Unido 32 8 13 11 37 39 16 4 8 4 19 19 16 4 5 7 18 20 -2 37
16 Huachipato 32 8 13 11 36 41 16 5 7 4 16 15 16 3 6 7 20 26 -5 37
17 Santiago Wanderers 32 5 6 21 24 54 16 3 4 9 15 30 16 2 2 12 9 24 -30 21

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

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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.