Possible nail-biting contest in Unión La Calera - Universidad Católica game

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar (10000 seats)

This could be a great match, with Unión La Calera in 2nd and Universidad Católica in 3rd. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have the most scored goals (39) in Primera Division

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Calera and Universidad Católica.

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Unión La Calera form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 11 Primera Division games here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar for Unión La Calera. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

A strong away win for Calera against Antofagasta the last match, as E. Valencia and S. Sáez (2) were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting O'Higgins in a game that was won 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Calera have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost zero.

The Calera fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Calera have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Universidad Católica so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose).

Universidad Católica go into this game after a win, the home game against Melipilla that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Universidad was very dominant against Melipilla, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with D. Buonanotte, F. Zampedri, F. Gutiérrez and D. Valencia providing the goals.

Prior to that result Universidad won their away game at Curico Unido. The scoreline was 4-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Universidad Católica in our archives, and the results are: one win for Universidad, two draws and two defeats.

After this away game Universidad return home for a Primera Division game against Union Espanola. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Universidad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. Universidad Católica have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended Universidad Católica - Calera 3-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Calera wins - draws - Universidad Católica wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
13 goals
CaleraR. Rivero Falero
R. Rivero Falero
8 goals
Universidad CatólicaD. Valencia Morello
D. Valencia Morello
8 goals

Unión La Calera missing players

Universidad Católica missing players

Unión La Calera Universidad Católica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 10 21
12 7 1 Won W 0 3 12
5 2 2 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 0 Lost L 2 7 7
28 13 3 Scored S 2 12 39
23 9 2 Conceded C 4 18 27
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
59% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 81%
45% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 71%
18% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 33%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 19%
50% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
36% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
23% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 19%
 
3.7 3.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 5.2
5.1 4.7 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.8
1.9 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.9 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 11.7
3.9 3.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.7
33% 35% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 40%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Universidad Católica have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have the most scored goals (39) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Universidad Católica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Unión La Calera have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) 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 21 13 4 4 35 18 10 5 2 3 12 6 11 8 2 1 23 12 17 43
2 Unión La Calera 22 12 5 5 28 23 11 7 2 2 13 9 11 5 3 3 15 14 5 41
3 Universidad Católica 21 12 2 7 39 27 11 9 2 0 27 9 10 3 0 7 12 18 12 38
4 Audax Italiano 21 9 8 4 25 20 10 6 2 2 13 10 11 3 6 2 12 10 5 35
5 Union Espanola 21 10 3 8 34 29 11 6 2 3 20 16 10 4 1 5 14 13 5 33
6 Universidad Chile 21 9 6 6 28 23 10 4 3 3 11 11 11 5 3 3 17 12 5 33
7 Cobresal 21 9 5 7 28 21 11 7 2 2 20 8 10 2 3 5 8 13 7 32
8 Everton 22 8 7 7 19 19 11 4 4 3 10 10 11 4 3 4 9 9 0 31
9 Antofagasta 21 7 7 7 25 27 11 6 1 4 15 14 10 1 6 3 10 13 -2 28
10 Nublense 21 6 8 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 19 9 10 1 4 5 12 19 3 26
11 La Serena 22 6 7 9 28 28 11 5 3 3 16 11 11 1 4 6 12 17 0 25
12 Palestino 21 7 4 10 29 31 10 5 2 3 16 12 11 2 2 7 13 19 -2 25
13 O'Higgins 22 6 7 9 18 28 11 4 4 3 12 13 11 2 3 6 6 15 -10 25
14 Huachipato 21 4 11 6 25 28 10 2 6 2 9 9 11 2 5 4 16 19 -3 23
15 Melipilla 22 5 6 11 25 40 11 2 5 4 15 18 11 3 1 7 10 22 -15 21
16 Curico Unido 21 4 8 9 23 30 10 3 4 3 16 15 11 1 4 6 7 15 -7 20
17 Santiago Wanderers 21 4 2 15 16 36 11 2 2 7 10 22 10 2 0 8 6 14 -20 14

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.