Univ. Concepción vs Unión Española: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Thu 03.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo (35000 seats)

Univ. Concepción hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 14th position in the Primera Division table. Visiting Unión Española holds 7th place with 11 pts.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Univ. Concepción form and stats

Three Primera Division home games done for Univ. Concepción, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Univ. Concepción has four draws from their last four matches.

Concepción manager E. Acevedo Cardozo and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Audax Italiano (placed 9th) in the Primera Division. Before that, Concepción drew at home versus Cobresal.

Concepción are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Concepción with 6 goals conceded in these matches.

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Unión Española form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Primera Division away games so far for Unión Española with six points collected from three matches. Española love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Unión Española, whose manager R. Fuentes Núñez could celebrate last time after the Primera Division win against Universidad Católica. Preceding that match was the 4-4 draw at home vs Huachipato.

Española are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Española are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Univ. Concepción won six, Unión Española won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ConcepciónC. Waterman Ruiz
C. Waterman Ruiz
5 goals
Unión EspañolaM. Dávila Carvajal
M. Dávila Carvajal
4 goals
Unión EspañolaM. Sandoval Toro
M. Sandoval Toro
3 goals

Univ. Concepción missing players

Unión Española missing players

Univ. Concepción Unión Española
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 3 8
0 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
5 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
9 3 1 Scored S 3 4 15
13 6 2 Conceded C 1 2 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 75%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 50%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
88% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 62%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
12% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 12%
 
3.5 3.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5 6.2
5.2 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4 3.2
2.6 3.3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
90 32 12 Total Shots T S 7 36 114
26 12 3 Shots on Target S O 5 17 47
35% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 24% 32%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Univ. Concepción's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Univ. Concepción has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
  • Univ. Concepción have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Univ. Concepción have yet to win a game.
  • Univ. Concepción haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unión Española have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Unión Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Católica 8 6 1 1 16 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 4 1 0 10 3 9 19
2 Unión La Calera 8 6 1 1 11 6 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 5 4 5 19
3 Curicó Unido 8 5 1 2 7 8 5 4 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 6 -1 16
4 Universidad Chile 8 4 3 1 17 9 4 2 2 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 8 7 8 15
5 Antofagasta 8 4 3 1 13 7 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 8 2 6 15
6 Unión Española 8 4 2 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 11 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 14
7 Huachipato 8 4 2 2 12 10 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 14
8 Palestino 8 3 4 1 9 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 0 13
9 Audax Italiano 7 3 2 2 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 11
10 Everton 8 2 4 2 6 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 0 3 1 3 5 -1 10
11 Cobresal 8 2 3 3 9 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 8 -3 9
12 Deportes Iquique 8 2 2 4 10 14 3 1 1 1 3 6 5 1 1 3 7 8 -4 8
13 Colo-Colo 8 2 1 5 11 13 4 1 1 2 7 7 4 1 0 3 4 6 -2 7
14 Santiago Wanderers 8 2 1 5 11 17 4 0 1 3 5 10 4 2 0 2 6 7 -6 7
15 Univ. Concepción 8 0 5 3 9 13 3 0 1 2 3 6 5 0 4 1 6 7 -4 5
16 La Serena 8 1 1 6 7 10 4 1 0 3 5 5 4 0 1 3 2 5 -3 4
17 O'Higgins 8 1 1 6 8 14 5 1 0 4 6 10 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 4
18 Coquimbo Unido 7 1 1 5 5 12 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 2 6 -7 4

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.