This could be an interesting match as Unión Española have their presumed home advantage while Universidad Católica are ahead 4 points in the Primera Division table.
- All of Unión Española's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Universidad Católica have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Primera Division
Universidad Católica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Nacional, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Universidad Católica.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Unión Española form and stats
Overall Primera Division stats at home this season for Unión Española are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Española, who won 4-1 against O'Higgins (placed 4th).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Audax Italiano.Española are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Española have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Universidad Católica form and stats
Universidad Católica are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Primera Division, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Universidad have lost on their last two travels.
Universidad play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Nacional. Midfielder Felipe Gutiérrez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Gutiérrez hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Argentinos Juniors with the score of 1-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Universidad are hosting Atletico Nacional in the Copa Libertadores only four days away.
Universidad are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. As opposed to that, Universidad have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Española won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Universidad Católica has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. Palacios Ferreira 4 goals |   D. Valencia Morello 3 goals | J. Gómez Vidal 2 goals |
Unión Española missing players
Universidad Católica missing players
| Unión Española | Universidad Católica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 67% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 26% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 44% |
- All of Unión Española's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Universidad Católica have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Primera Division
- Universidad Católica 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 | Audax Italiano | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | La Serena | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | O'Higgins | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Universidad Chile | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Union La Calera | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Nublense | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Melipilla | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Colo-Colo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Unión Española | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Cobresal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Antofagasta | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Palestino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Huachipato | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Curico Unido | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 0 |