The home manager F. Meneghini gearing up to incite Unión La Calera triumph vs Melipilla

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar (10000 seats)

We would expect a considerable difference in form between these sides based on results so far, with Unión La Calera ahead of Melipilla by 16 points.

Insights:
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Primera Division
  • Melipilla have the most conceded goals (44) in Primera Division

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!

Melipilla are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

Unión La Calera have played 13 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). The Calera manager F. Meneghini might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The home team returns to Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar after being equal after 90 minutes with Curicó Unido (placed 15th) on their last time out; the Primera Division game ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Cobresal with the scoreline 1-2.

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

The Unión La Calera fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Calera's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Melipilla form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Melipilla so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

Melipilla won their last game, 3-0 versus Universidad Chile played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus O'Higgins at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cobresal in just three days.

The attacking power of Melipilla when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Melipilla have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Melipilla - Unión La Calera 3-3 was the result in these squads' last H2H game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - one - four (Unión La Calera wins - draws - Melipilla wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MelipillaG. Sosa
G. Sosa
18 goals
Unión La CaleraR. Rivero Falero
R. Rivero Falero
8 goals
CaleraA. Vilches Araneda
A. Vilches Araneda
5 goals

Unión La Calera missing players

Melipilla missing players

Unión La Calera Melipilla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
13 7 2 Won W 1 4 7
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 8
7 4 1 Lost L 2 8 12
32 14 3 Scored S 2 12 32
28 13 1 Conceded C 5 24 44
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 89%
42% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 48%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 22%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
50% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 56%
35% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 15%
23% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 30%
 
3.5 3.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.7
5.1 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.6 5.6
1.8 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.3 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11 10.8 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.2 11.2
4.2 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.4
29% 28% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 24% 27%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Melipilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melipilla have the most conceded goals (24) away in Primera Division
  • Melipilla have the most conceded goals (44) in Primera Division
  • Melipilla have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Primera Division
  • Melipilla have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Primera Division
  • Melipilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) 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 Colo-Colo 26 17 4 5 45 22 13 7 2 4 16 8 13 10 2 1 29 14 23 55
2 Universidad Católica 26 16 2 8 50 33 13 11 2 0 32 12 13 5 0 8 18 21 17 50
3 Audax Italiano 27 12 9 6 32 27 13 7 2 4 17 16 14 5 7 2 15 11 5 45
4 Unión La Calera 26 13 6 7 32 28 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 6 4 3 18 15 4 45
5 Union Espanola 26 13 3 10 42 37 13 8 2 3 25 19 13 5 1 7 17 18 5 42
6 Everton 26 10 8 8 23 22 13 6 4 3 12 10 13 4 4 5 11 12 1 38
7 Antofagasta 26 10 8 8 31 31 13 7 1 5 17 16 13 3 7 3 14 15 0 38
8 Cobresal 27 10 5 12 35 33 14 7 2 5 24 16 13 3 3 7 11 17 2 35
9 Nublense 27 8 10 9 36 32 14 5 5 4 20 13 13 3 5 5 16 19 4 34
10 Universidad Chile 26 9 7 10 30 31 13 4 4 5 13 15 13 5 3 5 17 16 -1 34
11 Palestino 26 9 6 11 39 40 13 5 4 4 22 19 13 4 2 7 17 21 -1 33
12 La Serena 27 8 9 10 36 37 13 6 3 4 19 16 14 2 6 6 17 21 -1 33
13 O'Higgins 27 8 8 11 27 37 13 5 4 4 14 15 14 3 4 7 13 22 -10 32
14 Melipilla 27 7 8 12 32 44 14 3 7 4 20 20 13 4 1 8 12 24 -12 29
15 Curicó Unido 26 6 10 10 30 34 13 4 6 3 18 16 13 2 4 7 12 18 -4 28
16 Huachipato 26 4 12 10 26 36 13 2 7 4 10 14 13 2 5 6 16 22 -10 24
17 Santiago Wanderers 26 5 3 18 21 43 13 3 2 8 12 24 13 2 1 10 9 19 -22 18

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.