Unión La Calera vs Deportes Iquique: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Thu 28.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar (10000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Unión La Calera fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Deportes Iquique's 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Unión La Calera has the most clean sheets (12) in Primera Division
  • Deportes Iquique is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Deportes Iquique could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primera Division game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Universidad Chile. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Calera are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Deportes Iquique are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 14 Primera Division games here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar for Unión La Calera. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

An away draw last time out for Calera, facing Cobresal in a game that ended 1-1. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Audax Italiano.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Unión La Calera as they are travelling to their away game against Colo-Colo in the Primera Division. That match is three days after this one.

The Unión La Calera fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 14 league matches. Calera are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Deportes Iquique form and stats

Deportes Iquique have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 2-5-8 (15 played).

Deportes are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Universidad Chile (placed 7th). A 1-3 defeat away at Antofagasta before that.

After this away game Deportes return home for a Primera Division game against Coquimbo Unido. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Deportes find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Deportes rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Deportes Iquique - Calera 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Calera, three draws and three wins for Deportes Iquique. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

CaleraA. Vilches Araneda
A. Vilches Araneda
12 goals
Unión La CaleraN. Stefanelli
N. Stefanelli
9 goals
Unión La CaleraJ. Vargas Salazar
J. Vargas Salazar
7 goals

Unión La Calera missing players

Deportes Iquique missing players

Unión La Calera Deportes Iquique
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 15 29
17 9 2 Won W 0 2 7
4 3 2 Drew D 1 5 8
8 2 1 Lost L 4 8 14
54 26 8 Scored S 5 17 31
33 11 6 Conceded C 12 24 42
97% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
66% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 45%
28% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 31%
14% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 3%
52% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 60% 45%
41% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 24%
10% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2
5 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.9 15 17.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 11.4
5.3 5.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.6 3.9
35% 31% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 31% 27%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Deportes Iquique has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
  • Deportes Iquique have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deportes Iquique haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Deportes Iquique is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Unión La Calera has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Primera Division
  • Unión La Calera has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Primera Division
  • Unión La Calera has the most clean sheets (12) in Primera Division
  • Unión La Calera has the most clean sheets (7) at home in Primera Division
  • Unión La Calera have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 29 16 10 3 59 28 15 9 5 1 33 13 14 7 5 2 26 15 31 58
2 Unión La Calera 29 17 4 8 54 33 14 9 3 2 26 11 15 8 1 6 28 22 21 55
3 Union Espanola 29 13 9 7 49 42 15 7 5 3 26 21 14 6 4 4 23 21 7 48
4 Palestino 30 12 8 10 41 39 16 9 4 3 29 21 14 3 4 7 12 18 2 44
5 Antofagasta 31 11 11 9 40 38 16 7 7 2 25 17 15 4 4 7 15 21 2 44
6 Huachipato 31 12 7 12 41 41 16 9 5 2 27 15 15 3 2 10 14 26 0 43
7 Universidad Chile 30 10 12 8 42 32 15 6 8 1 27 12 15 4 4 7 15 20 10 42
8 Curico Unido 30 12 6 12 34 43 14 9 1 4 20 15 16 3 5 8 14 28 -9 42
9 O'Higgins 30 11 7 12 37 37 14 3 4 7 16 24 16 8 3 5 21 13 0 40
10 Everton 31 9 13 9 35 35 15 6 6 3 19 13 16 3 7 6 16 22 0 40
11 Santiago Wanderers 31 11 7 13 38 49 16 9 3 4 24 19 15 2 4 9 14 30 -11 40
12 La Serena 31 10 8 13 32 36 15 6 3 6 16 15 16 4 5 7 16 21 -4 38
13 Cobresal 30 10 7 13 38 38 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 3 3 9 15 24 0 37
14 Univ. Concepcion 31 8 13 10 34 42 15 4 5 6 17 21 16 4 8 4 17 21 -8 37
15 Audax Italiano 31 9 9 13 44 49 16 7 5 4 26 19 15 2 4 9 18 30 -5 36
16 Colo-Colo 30 8 9 13 30 41 15 5 2 8 15 21 15 3 7 5 15 20 -11 33
17 Deportes Iquique 29 7 8 14 31 42 14 5 3 6 14 18 15 2 5 8 17 24 -11 29
18 Coquimbo Unido 27 7 6 14 24 38 14 4 4 6 12 19 13 3 2 8 12 19 -14 27

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.