Primera Division preview: Can Unión La Calera edge out victory against La Serena?

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar (10000 seats)

This is a vital shoot-out in the lower section of the Primera Division, with both Unión La Calera and La Serena experiencing more anxiety than glee. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the team playing at home at 14th and the visiting team in 16th place.

Insights:
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division
  • La Serena have the most conceded goals (25) in Primera Division

The hosts Unión La Calera saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa Sudamericana. That game was an away game at Santos, so at least Calera are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Unión La Calera form and stats

Unión La Calera have collected 9 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-3-2. When Unión La Calera hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Coquimbo Unido, Audax Italiano, Universidad Chile, Antofagasta and Unión La Calera), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The regulars hope that Unión La Calera will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Copa Sudamericana fixture against Santos.

Prior to that, an away loss at Universidad Catolica in the Primera Division.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Unión La Calera handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Calera as they have a new game in only three days, a Copa Sudamericana match thankfully also at home. Universidad Catolica are visiting.

Unión La Calera aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games.

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La Serena form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of La Serena, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Primera Division, playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

The attacking players of La Serena have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 219 minutes.

Serena's last game was the home draw against Palestino (0-0).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Universidad Chile wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

La Serena are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

The visiting Serena have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Unión La Calera won seven, La Serena were winners in two and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

La SerenaL. Valencia Rossel
L. Valencia Rossel
4 goals
Unión La CaleraJ. Sáez
J. Sáez
3 goals
La SerenaM. Guerrero Pena
M. Guerrero Pena
3 goals

Unión La Calera missing players

La Serena missing players

Unión La Calera La Serena
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 2
6 3 0 Drew D 1 1 4
5 2 1 Lost L 1 3 7
7 5 3 Scored S 2 8 15
17 7 4 Conceded C 4 12 25
62% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
46% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
31% 14% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 62%
23% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 46%
15% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
23% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 69%
54% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 15%
62% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 23%
 
3.8 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 4.3
4.5 3.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6 6
2 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 13.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.2 9
3.7 4.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.1
15% 16% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 42% 38%
 
11.5 10 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.7 13.5
4.8 4.4 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 5.1
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of La Serena's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • La Serena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • La Serena have scored more than double the goals of Unión La Calera.
  • La Serena have the most conceded goals (25) in Primera Division
  • La Serena have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • La Serena haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Unión La Calera have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colo-Colo 13 8 3 2 28 9 6 5 1 0 17 3 7 3 2 2 11 6 19 27
2 Nublense 13 7 4 2 21 11 6 4 2 0 13 5 7 3 2 2 8 6 10 25
3 Union Espanola 13 7 4 2 17 12 7 4 3 0 10 5 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 25
4 Curico Unido 13 6 4 3 24 10 7 4 1 2 16 4 6 2 3 1 8 6 14 22
5 Cobresal 13 6 3 4 19 14 7 3 2 2 10 7 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 21
6 Huachipato 13 6 2 5 12 15 6 4 0 2 8 7 7 2 2 3 4 8 -3 20
7 O'Higgins 13 5 4 4 14 16 7 4 3 0 13 7 6 1 1 4 1 9 -2 19
8 Everton 13 4 6 3 12 10 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 2 3 2 7 7 2 18
9 Palestino 13 3 8 2 10 14 6 3 2 1 6 8 7 0 6 1 4 6 -4 17
10 Universidad Catolica 13 5 1 7 16 21 7 4 1 2 9 6 6 1 0 5 7 15 -5 16
11 Universidad Chile 13 4 2 7 16 19 6 3 2 1 7 3 7 1 0 6 9 16 -3 14
12 Audax Italiano 13 3 4 6 13 18 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 6 10 -5 13
13 Coquimbo Unido 13 3 3 7 16 24 7 3 1 3 12 12 6 0 2 4 4 12 -8 12
14 Unión La Calera 13 2 6 5 7 17 7 2 3 2 5 7 6 0 3 3 2 10 -10 12
15 Antofagasta 13 2 4 7 10 15 6 1 3 2 3 4 7 1 1 5 7 11 -5 10
16 La Serena 13 2 4 7 15 25 7 0 3 4 7 13 6 2 1 3 8 12 -10 10

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.