Football betting preview: Universidad Católica favourites when Cobresal visits

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 30.May
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo (14118 seats)

Classic home win, away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Universidad Católica and Cobresal clash at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo.

Insights:
  • Universidad Católica have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Cobresal have yet to win a game away.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Libertadores. Thankfully the previous game, versus Atletico Nacional, was also a home game here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo. The away team is better rested.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

Perfect Primera Division season at home so far for Universidad Católica 3 wins from 3 appearances.

Universidad Católica's previous game was a Copa Libertadores match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Atletico Nacional. The home side are looking to build on that result. The goalie Sebastián Pérez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.11 out of ten. Pérez stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Sebastián Pérez loved the game against Atletico Nacional. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Union Espanola (2-3).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Universidad's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Universidad Católica's attacking play is working. Universidad have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cobresal form and stats

Playing away, Cobresal have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season.

270 minutes! That's how long the Cobresal goalkeeper Leandro Daniel Requena and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Cobresal had fun at their own home (Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo) last time out, beating La Serena 2-0. S. Varas and B. Hurtado scored.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Audax Italiano.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cobresal when being an outsider away as they are today, we find eight matches with the visitors losing seven times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Goals are few and far between in Cobresal's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. 5 goals have been conceded by Cobresal in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Universidad, three draws and zero wins for Cobresal. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaD. Valencia Morello
D. Valencia Morello
4 goals
Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
3 goals
Universidad CatólicaV. Huerta Jerez
V. Huerta Jerez
2 goals

Universidad Católica missing players

Cobresal missing players

Universidad Católica Cobresal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 4 8
4 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
10 7 3 Scored S 0 2 9
8 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
57% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
29% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
4.1 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2.2
6 8.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.6
2.1 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 8.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 11.4
3.3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
43% 58% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 28%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Universidad Católica's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Cobresal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cobresal have yet to win a game away.
  • Universidad Católica have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Universidad Católica 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 Nublense 8 4 1 3 16 11 4 3 0 1 10 3 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 13
2 Audax Italiano 7 3 4 0 6 3 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 13
3 Colo-Colo 8 4 1 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 0 1 7 6 0 13
4 O'Higgins 8 3 4 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 13
5 La Serena 8 3 3 2 8 4 4 2 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 5 4 4 12
6 Universidad Católica 7 4 0 3 10 8 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 1 0 3 3 6 2 12
7 Melipilla 8 3 2 3 9 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 3 3 11
8 Union Espanola 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 11
9 Cobresal 8 3 2 3 9 8 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 1 11
10 Universidad Chile 7 3 2 2 6 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
11 Union La Calera 7 3 2 2 6 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 5 -1 11
12 Everton 7 2 3 2 6 10 3 0 1 2 1 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 -4 9
13 Antofagasta 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 2 1 7 6 0 8
14 Palestino 5 2 1 2 7 8 2 0 1 1 3 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 -1 7
15 Huachipato 6 1 3 2 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 6
16 Curico Unido 8 1 3 4 7 12 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 0 0 4 1 8 -5 6
17 Santiago Wanderers 7 0 1 6 4 13 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 2 6 -9 1

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.