Home advantage could prove decisive in Universidad Católica - Cobresal battle

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo (14118 seats)

Universidad Católica will cross fingers that their home advantage is enough to get something from this rough battle, against gutsy Cobresal.

Insights:
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Primera Division
  • Cobresal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Cobresal when visiting Universidad Católica as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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

6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Universidad Católica have to build on here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo in the Primera Division.

The Universidad followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo: A 0-1 defeat against Palestino (placed 4th). Heartbreak for Universidad Católica in their last match as Palestino's Salas scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Curico Unido.

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 Católica's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 6 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The Universidad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Universidad Católica have conceded only 7 goals.

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Cobresal form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Cobresal have produced an overall stat of 3-1-5 so far. Cobresal has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Cobresal, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Nublense.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Unión La Calera.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cobresal playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 6 home wins.

Cobresal find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Cobresal rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cobresal - Universidad Católica 3-1 was the end result in these contenders' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universidad eight wins, one draw and Cobresal one victory. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
12 goals
CobresalG. Lezcano
G. Lezcano
9 goals
CobresalC. Waterman Ruiz
C. Waterman Ruiz
7 goals

Universidad Católica missing players

Cobresal missing players

Universidad Católica Cobresal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
7 6 1 Won W 3 3 9
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
10 3 1 Lost L 0 5 7
23 12 2 Scored S 6 12 28
28 7 2 Conceded C 2 14 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
72% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 68%
56% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 53%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 37%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 16%
50% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 58%
22% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 22% 26%
28% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
4.9 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.7 5.6
4.7 4.6 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5 3.9
2.4 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.7
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 11.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.4 15.7
4.2 4.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.3 5.3 6.1
30% 28% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 24%
 
10.7 8.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.8 10.6
4.2 3 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 3.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cobresal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobresal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Universidad Católica have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Primera Division
  • 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 Colo-Colo 19 11 6 2 36 12 9 7 2 0 21 3 10 4 4 2 15 9 24 39
2 Nublense 19 10 6 3 31 18 9 6 2 1 20 10 10 4 4 2 11 8 13 36
3 Curico Unido 18 9 5 4 34 17 10 7 1 2 23 6 8 2 4 2 11 11 17 32
4 Palestino 19 8 8 3 23 19 9 6 2 1 15 10 10 2 6 2 8 9 4 32
5 Cobresal 19 9 3 7 28 23 10 6 2 2 16 9 9 3 1 5 12 14 5 30
6 Union Espanola 17 8 5 4 23 18 8 4 4 0 11 6 9 4 1 4 12 12 5 29
7 O'Higgins 19 7 6 6 19 21 10 5 4 1 16 10 9 2 2 5 3 11 -2 27
8 Everton 19 5 10 4 18 16 10 3 5 2 8 6 9 2 5 2 10 10 2 25
9 Huachipato 19 7 4 8 20 25 9 5 1 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 7 13 -5 25
10 Audax Italiano 19 6 5 8 25 29 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 3 3 4 13 16 -4 23
11 Universidad Católica 18 7 1 10 23 28 10 6 1 3 12 7 8 1 0 7 11 21 -5 22
12 Universidad Chile 19 6 3 10 22 26 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 1 1 8 10 19 -4 21
13 Unión La Calera 19 3 9 7 14 26 9 2 5 2 8 10 10 1 4 5 6 16 -12 18
14 La Serena 19 4 5 10 20 34 10 2 3 5 11 16 9 2 2 5 9 18 -14 17
15 Coquimbo Unido 19 4 4 11 22 39 10 4 2 4 17 17 9 0 2 7 5 22 -17 16
16 Antofagasta 19 3 6 10 17 24 9 1 5 3 8 10 10 2 1 7 9 14 -7 15

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.