Unión La Calera fights La Serena in Primera Division confrontation

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar (10000 seats)

Unión La Calera are considered as expected winners of this home match against La Serena, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Primera Division

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

For La Serena most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Unión La Calera have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games. It's been an uphill battle for Calera in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the O'Higgins game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Unión La Calera, who won 2-1 against Everton (placed 9th).

Preceding that match was the home game against Huachipato that was lost 0-2.

Calera has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Calera's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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La Serena form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for La Serena so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-6 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Serena's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

La Serena aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 244 league minutes without a goal. L. Valencia Rossel was the last player to find the net.

The manager I. Basay Hatibovic was unhappy after their last game, a Primera Division match played at their home ground Estadio La Portada de La Serena. La Serena suffered a 0-2 loss to Universidad Catolica (placed 1st).

Before that, Serena travelled to Antofagasta and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Serena have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. La Serena have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. Serena has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: La Serena - Calera 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Calera eight wins, one draw and La Serena one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Unión La CaleraR. Rivero Falero
R. Rivero Falero
8 goals
Unión La CaleraJ. Sáez
J. Sáez
8 goals
La SerenaS. Leyton Hevia
S. Leyton Hevia
6 goals

Unión La Calera missing players

La Serena missing players

Unión La Calera La Serena
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
15 7 1 Won W 0 2 8
6 2 0 Drew D 0 7 11
9 6 4 Lost L 4 6 11
38 16 4 Scored S 5 17 38
35 18 10 Conceded C 10 21 41
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 83%
70% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 77%
47% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 40%
17% 13% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 27%
13% 13% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 17%
53% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 47%
30% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
23% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 37%
 
3.4 3.1 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.5 4.1
5.2 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.6
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.3
7 4 4 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
10.5 10.2 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.8 11.2
4.1 3.7 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 4
31% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 33% 32%
 
13.7 12.2 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 14.7 12.8
4.9 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.1 4.9
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in Primera Division
  • Unión La Calera haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 30 20 2 8 60 34 15 13 2 0 37 12 15 7 0 8 23 22 26 62
2 Colo-Colo 30 19 5 6 49 24 15 9 2 4 20 8 15 10 3 2 29 16 25 62
3 Audax Italiano 30 14 10 6 36 28 15 8 3 4 19 16 15 6 7 2 17 12 8 52
4 Unión La Calera 30 15 6 9 38 35 15 7 2 6 16 18 15 8 4 3 22 17 3 51
5 Unión Española 30 14 3 13 47 49 15 9 2 4 29 24 15 5 1 9 18 25 -2 45
6 Antofagasta 30 11 10 9 33 36 15 8 2 5 19 17 15 3 8 4 14 19 -3 43
7 Nublense 31 10 11 10 45 36 16 7 5 4 27 14 15 3 6 6 18 22 9 41
8 Palestino 30 11 7 12 46 45 15 6 4 5 25 22 15 5 3 7 21 23 1 40
9 Everton 30 10 9 11 29 31 15 6 4 5 14 14 15 4 5 6 15 17 -2 39
10 Cobresal 30 10 6 14 39 39 15 7 3 5 26 18 15 3 3 9 13 21 0 36
11 O'Higgins 30 9 9 12 31 41 15 5 5 5 16 19 15 4 4 7 15 22 -10 36
12 Curicó Unido 30 8 11 11 35 37 15 4 7 4 18 18 15 4 4 7 17 19 -2 35
13 La Serena 30 8 11 11 38 41 15 6 4 5 21 20 15 2 7 6 17 21 -3 35
14 Melipilla 30 9 8 13 37 48 15 4 7 4 22 21 15 5 1 9 15 27 -11 35
15 Universidad Chile 29 9 7 13 31 35 14 4 4 6 14 17 15 5 3 7 17 18 -4 34
16 Huachipato 29 6 13 10 31 38 14 3 7 4 11 14 15 3 6 6 20 24 -7 31
17 Santiago Wanderers 29 5 4 20 22 50 15 3 3 9 13 28 14 2 1 11 9 22 -28 19

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.