Unión Española vs Palestino: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Date: Sun 09.February
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

The Primera Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Unión Española and Palestino are placed 8th and 11th respectively.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Unión Española form and stats

The hosts won their first Primera Division game here at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Unión Española last season were 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 13 games.

In their previous game, the manager R. Fuentes Núñez led his Unión Española to a defeat in the Primera Division match away at Unión La Calera. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK. Before that, Unión Española had a home game versus Deportes Iquique which ended with a victory 3-2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Unión Española at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Palestino form and stats

Palestino have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primera Division were 4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 12 fixtures.

The supporters enjoyed Palestino's previous game versus Huachipato (placed 9th), a Primera Division 1-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Colo-Colo wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

0 goals so far away for Palestino, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaR. Arace Gargaro
R. Arace Gargaro
1 goals
Unión EspañolaJ. Mejía Chaverra
J. Mejía Chaverra
1 goals
Unión EspañolaM. Dávila Carvajal
M. Dávila Carvajal
1 goals

Unión Española missing players

Palestino missing players

Unión Española Palestino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 3 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
7 9 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3 4
2 1 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 8 7
5 6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
36 21 0 Total Shots T S 0 9 19
14 8 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 7
21% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
Unión Española Last season Palestino
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 24
10 6   Won W   4 10
4 2   Drew D   4 8
11 5   Lost L   4 6
32 17   Scored S   18 42
35 18   Conceded C   18 31
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
76% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 83%
52% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 54%
32% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 38%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 25%
56% 54%   BTTS BTTS   58% 67%
20% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 25%
28% 23%   Failed to Score F T   25% 12%
 
5.3 5.7   Corners For (avg) C F   4.6 4.6
4.8 4.4   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.7 4.4
2.3 2.5   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.7 2.1
5 2   Red Cards R C   0 3
 
308 165   Total Shots T S   162 350
116 65   Shots on Target S O   50 124
28% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Unión La Calera 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Universidad Chile 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
3 Audax Italiano 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Colo-Colo 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 Universidad Catolica 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
6 Antofagasta 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Everton 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Unión Española 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Huachipato 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Santiago Wanderers 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 3
11 Palestino 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
12 Curico Unido 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -3 3
13 Deportes Iquique 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Coquimbo Unido 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 O'Higgins 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 La Serena 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Cobresal 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
18 Univ. Concepción 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 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 Catolica 24 16 5 3 44 14 11 6 4 1 20 4 13 10 1 2 24 10 30 53
2 Colo-Colo 24 11 7 6 37 30 13 8 2 3 20 13 11 3 5 3 17 17 7 40
3 Palestino 24 10 8 6 42 31 12 6 4 2 24 13 12 4 4 4 18 18 11 38
4 Unión La Calera 25 9 10 6 29 23 13 7 4 2 18 9 12 2 6 4 11 14 6 37
5 Coquimbo Unido 24 8 10 6 29 27 12 5 6 1 21 12 12 3 4 5 8 15 2 34
6 Huachipato 24 9 7 8 31 30 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 3 4 5 14 18 1 34
7 Audax Italiano 24 10 4 10 35 35 12 5 2 5 21 21 12 5 2 5 14 14 0 34
8 O'Higgins 24 10 4 10 34 35 12 8 0 4 20 16 12 2 4 6 14 19 -1 34
9 Unión Española 25 10 4 11 32 35 13 6 2 5 17 18 12 4 2 6 15 17 -3 34
10 Cobresal 25 10 4 11 31 39 13 7 3 3 20 15 12 3 1 8 11 24 -8 34
11 Everton 24 7 8 9 21 24 12 6 2 4 12 11 12 1 6 5 9 13 -3 29
12 Antofagasta 24 7 6 11 34 35 12 4 3 5 14 12 12 3 3 6 20 23 -1 27
13 Curico Unido 24 6 8 10 36 43 11 4 4 3 23 21 13 2 4 7 13 22 -7 26
14 Deportes Iquique 25 6 7 12 24 40 12 3 4 5 15 19 13 3 3 7 9 21 -16 25
15 Universidad Chile 24 4 12 8 32 38 12 3 7 2 18 15 12 1 5 6 14 23 -6 24
16 Univ. Concepción 24 5 8 11 23 35 12 4 6 2 12 11 12 1 2 9 11 24 -12 23

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.