Unión La Calera vs Cobresal: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Fri 04.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar (10000 seats)

Unión La Calera perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Cobresal can look both up and down from their 11th position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Cobresal have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Unión La Calera at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

The Calera goalkeeper Alexis Martin Arias is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 255 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.

Calera enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Curicó Unido's place. The match ended 2-0 with N. Stefanelli and C. Vilches scoring. Ahead of that match, Unión La Calera won a home game hosting Coquimbo Unido (2-0).

Calera are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Univ. Concepción awaits in four days.

The Calera fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Unión La Calera have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Cobresal form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cobresal playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

Cobresal might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Universidad Católica proved too strong as Cobresal slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio El Cobre. A 2-2 draw at Univ. Concepción's stadium before that.

Cobresal have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. For Cobresal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Unión La Calera won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Cobresal has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

Unión La CaleraN. Stefanelli
N. Stefanelli
3 goals
CobresalF. Reynero Galarce
F. Reynero Galarce
3 goals
Unión La CaleraC. Vilches González
C. Vilches González
2 goals

Unión La Calera missing players

Cobresal missing players

Unión La Calera Cobresal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 0 4 8
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
11 6 0 Scored S 0 5 9
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 8 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 75%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.4 6.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 5
4.3 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 6
2.6 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
91 65 0 Total Shots T S 0 57 120
36 28 0 Shots on Target S O 0 13 31
28% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 29%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cobresal has the most points from losing position (8)
  • Cobresal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cobresal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobresal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión La Calera has the fewest conceded goals (6)
  • Unión La Calera have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Unión La Calera have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Unión La Calera have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Unión La Calera have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Unión La Calera 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 Católica 8 6 1 1 16 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 4 1 0 10 3 9 19
2 Unión La Calera 8 6 1 1 11 6 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 5 4 5 19
3 Curicó Unido 8 5 1 2 7 8 5 4 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 6 -1 16
4 Universidad Chile 8 4 3 1 17 9 4 2 2 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 8 7 8 15
5 Antofagasta 8 4 3 1 13 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 8 2 6 15
6 Unión Española 8 4 2 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 11 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 14
7 Huachipato 8 4 2 2 12 10 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 14
8 Palestino 8 3 4 1 9 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 0 13
9 Audax Italiano 7 3 2 2 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 11
10 Everton 8 2 4 2 6 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 0 3 1 3 5 -1 10
11 Cobresal 8 2 3 3 9 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 9
12 Deportes Iquique 8 2 2 4 10 14 3 1 1 1 3 6 5 1 1 3 7 8 -4 8
13 Colo-Colo 8 2 1 5 11 13 4 1 1 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 4 6 -2 7
14 Santiago Wanderers 8 2 1 5 11 17 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 2 0 2 6 7 -6 7
15 Univ. Concepción 8 0 5 3 9 13 3 0 1 2 3 6 5 0 4 1 6 7 -4 5
16 La Serena 8 1 1 6 7 10 4 1 0 3 5 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -3 4
17 O'Higgins 8 1 1 6 8 14 5 1 0 4 6 10 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 4
18 Coquimbo Unido 7 1 1 5 5 12 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 2 6 -7 4

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.