Unión Española vs Palestino match preview: Even contest expected at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

Unión Española have struggled for points this league season. Will the gang get a victory when Palestino stop by Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK?

Insights:
  • Unión Española have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palestino have scored in all their matches so far.

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

Unión Española and Palestino should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Unión Española form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Unión Española at their home stadium (Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Unión Española shared the glory with Universidad Catolica in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Opportunity lost for Española in the Universidad Catolica match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Copiapó in a game that was won 3-0.

The Unión Española fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches.

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Palestino form and stats

Palestino are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Two away matches in a row for Palestino, whose coach Sánchez could celebrate last time after the Copa Sudamericana win against Cobresal.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Huachipato in the Primera Division.

The Palestino manager Sánchez has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Palestino have won or drawn the last 6 games (3-3-0) versus Unión Española.

The games between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Unión EspañolaL. Garate
L. Garate
4 goals
PalestinoM. Dávila Carvajal
M. Dávila Carvajal
4 goals
EspañolaR. Piñeiro Silva
R. Piñeiro Silva
2 goals

Unión Española missing players

Palestino missing players

Unión Española Palestino
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 1 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 5 0 Scored S 3 6 12
8 4 0 Conceded C 1 7 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
57% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 86%
14% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 7.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5 4.6
5.4 4.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.3 3.3
2.3 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.7
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.6 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 16.7 15.1
4.4 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 7.3 5.7
26% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 30%
 
14.6 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.3 12.4
5.4 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 3.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Palestino's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Palestino have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Palestino have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Palestino haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Española have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Unión Española have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 5 2 1 21 12 4 2 2 0 13 8 4 3 0 1 8 4 9 17
2 Huachipato 6 5 0 1 12 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 4 0 1 10 5 6 15
3 Universidad Chile 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 14
4 Palestino 7 3 3 1 12 10 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 6 7 2 12
5 Cobresal 7 3 2 2 13 11 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 11
6 Colo-Colo 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 6 7 1 11
7 Everton 8 3 2 3 12 12 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 0 2 2 6 8 0 11
8 Union La Calera 8 2 5 1 11 11 3 2 1 0 7 5 5 0 4 1 4 6 0 11
9 Coquimbo Unido 7 3 1 3 10 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 0 2 3 5 0 10
10 O'Higgins 6 2 2 2 10 7 4 1 1 2 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
11 Nublense 7 2 2 3 7 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 8
12 Magallanes 7 2 1 4 8 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 5 8 -3 7
13 Curico Unido 8 2 1 5 11 17 5 2 0 3 6 9 3 0 1 2 5 8 -6 7
14 Unión Española 7 1 3 3 8 8 4 1 1 2 5 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 0 6
15 Audax Italiano 7 1 2 4 9 12 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 0 1 3 4 9 -3 5
16 Copiapó 8 1 2 5 7 18 4 0 2 2 5 10 4 1 0 3 2 8 -11 5

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.