Primera Division preview: Can Universidad Católica edge out victory against Audax Italiano?

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 31.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo (14118 seats)

The league table shows that 0 points split the two opponents in this Primera Division fixture. Universidad Católica hold both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Primera Division

Universidad Católica can neither be promoted or relegated from Primera Division. For Audax Italiano most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season. This pitch has grass, unlike Audax Italiano's home ground. The last 42 games by the away team on grass have ended with 15 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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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Universidad Católica form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Universidad Católica at their home stadium (Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

No payout for Universidad in their previous match, an away game at Union La Calera that ended in defeat 0-4. Until that game this club had gone nine consecutive league rounds without a loss. As you see from the result above, Universidad Católica suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that match, a win away at Union Espanola.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Universidad handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The Universidad Católica fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Universidad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Audax Italiano form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Audax Italiano playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Audax Italiano on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Audax Italiano delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Curicó Unido (placed 2nd) in their previous fixture.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Union La Calera.

Italiano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 9 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 13 of this club's latest 16 league fixtures.

Audax Italiano are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. Italiano have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head game ended Audax Italiano - Universidad Católica 3-2, played this season. Data for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Universidad Católica, two draws and two wins for Audax Italiano. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels. Zampedri likes to face Audax Italiano and have scored 7 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
18 goals
Audax ItalianoL. Palacios
L. Palacios
9 goals
Audax ItalianoM. Fuentes Vadulli
M. Fuentes Vadulli
6 goals

Universidad Católica missing players

Audax Italiano missing players

Universidad Católica Audax Italiano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
12 8 2 Won W 1 6 11
5 3 0 Drew D 2 4 8
11 3 2 Lost L 1 4 9
39 18 3 Scored S 6 23 41
38 11 3 Conceded C 8 23 42
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
71% 57% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
57% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 57%
36% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 36%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 43% 25%
46% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 68%
32% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 18%
25% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 18%
 
4.8 5.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 4.8
4.6 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.5 4.7
2.3 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.9
6 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
11.2 12.1 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.5 11.4
4.4 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.3 4.5
32% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 38% 33%
 
11.9 9.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.1 10
4.5 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 4.5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Audax Italiano have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Universidad Católica 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 28 17 8 3 51 16 14 10 4 0 28 4 14 7 4 3 23 12 35 59
2 Curicó Unido 28 13 9 6 46 27 14 10 1 3 29 11 14 3 8 3 17 16 19 48
3 Ñublense 28 13 9 6 43 30 14 9 3 2 29 15 14 4 6 4 14 15 13 48
4 Universidad Católica 28 12 5 11 39 38 14 8 3 3 18 11 14 4 2 8 21 27 1 41
5 O'Higgins 28 10 11 7 29 29 14 7 6 1 20 12 14 3 5 6 9 17 0 41
6 Audax Italiano 28 11 8 9 41 42 14 5 4 5 18 19 14 6 4 4 23 23 -1 41
7 Palestino 27 10 10 7 37 34 14 8 3 3 27 20 13 2 7 4 10 14 3 40
8 Everton 28 8 15 5 37 25 14 4 8 2 17 11 14 4 7 3 20 14 12 39
9 Cobresal 28 11 6 11 39 36 14 8 3 3 21 12 14 3 3 8 18 24 3 39
10 Union Espanola 28 10 7 11 35 39 14 4 6 4 16 16 14 6 1 7 19 23 -4 37
11 Union La Calera 28 8 12 8 33 37 14 5 7 2 19 14 14 3 5 6 14 23 -4 36
12 Huachipato 28 9 5 14 28 41 14 6 2 6 20 23 14 3 3 8 8 18 -13 32
13 Universidad Chile 28 8 6 14 32 42 14 5 4 5 16 17 14 3 2 9 16 25 -10 30
14 Antofagasta 27 6 8 13 23 29 13 4 6 3 13 11 14 2 2 10 10 18 -6 26
15 La Serena 28 6 6 16 26 52 14 3 3 8 15 23 14 3 3 8 11 29 -26 24
16 Coquimbo Unido 28 6 5 17 28 50 14 5 2 7 20 22 14 1 3 10 8 28 -22 23

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.