Football tips: Universidad Católica vs Curicó Unido - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sun 10.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo (14118 seats)

Universidad Católica and Curicó Unido are both riding high in the Primera Division with their 1st and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Universidad Católica has the most scored goals (56) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Curicó Unido have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Universidad Católica form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo as Universidad Católica, who have the most scored goals (56) in Primera Division, have scored 31 goals to get 30 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 9-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Universidad Católica fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo and will expect new points from this game. Universidad has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Universidad are confident in defense, having played 232 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Universidad against Deportes Iquique the last match, as D. Valencia were on target. Before that, Universidad had a home game versus Huachipato which ended with a victory 3-0.

Manager A. Holan felt very clever after D. Valencia scored the winning goal against Deportes Iquique, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 69th minute.

The Universidad manager A. Holan has got the team scoring with 31 from 13 home games in the league. Universidad have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Curicó Unido form and stats

Curicó Unido have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 3-3-7 (13 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on N. Larcamón, the Curicó manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

D. Vera and G. Harding scored in Curicó's previous match, the home game against Antofagasta that ended 2-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Palestino wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

Curicó are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Curicó Unido have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Universidad Católica and Curicó Unido have met before this season: Curicó Unido - Universidad 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Universidad victories, two draws and two Curicó Unido wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
16 goals
UniversidadL. Aued
L. Aued
11 goals
Curicó UnidoF. Castro
F. Castro
8 goals

Universidad Católica missing players

Curicó Unido missing players

Universidad Católica Curicó Unido
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
16 9 2 Won W 0 3 12
7 3 0 Drew D 1 3 4
3 1 1 Lost L 2 7 10
56 31 8 Scored S 2 13 32
25 11 4 Conceded C 7 25 37
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 92%
81% 85% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 65%
65% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 50%
38% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 35%
23% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 15%
58% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 46%
38% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 35%
12% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
12 14.7 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.1 9.8
5.1 6.2 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.2 3.7
42% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 31% 33%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Curicó Unido have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universidad Católica has the fewest conceded goals (25) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the most scored goals (31) at home in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the most scored goals (56) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica has the the best goal difference (+31) in Primera Division
  • Universidad Católica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Universidad Católica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universidad Católica have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Curicó Unido have scored away.

  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 26 16 7 3 56 25 13 9 3 1 31 11 13 7 4 2 25 14 31 55
2 Union La Calera 25 15 3 7 46 29 13 9 3 1 25 9 12 6 0 6 21 20 17 48
3 Union Espanola 26 13 7 6 45 35 14 7 4 3 25 20 12 6 3 3 20 15 10 46
4 Antofagasta 28 10 10 8 34 32 14 6 6 2 20 14 14 4 4 6 14 18 2 40
5 Curicó Unido 26 12 4 10 32 37 13 9 1 3 19 12 13 3 3 7 13 25 -5 40
6 Universidad Chile 27 10 9 8 39 29 13 6 6 1 24 9 14 4 3 7 15 20 10 39
7 Palestino 27 11 6 10 35 34 14 8 3 3 24 17 13 3 3 7 11 17 1 39
8 Huachipato 28 10 7 11 33 38 14 7 5 2 19 14 14 3 2 9 14 24 -5 37
9 Everton 28 8 12 8 32 32 14 5 6 3 17 12 14 3 6 5 15 20 0 36
10 Santiago Wanderers 28 10 6 12 37 45 14 8 2 4 23 19 14 2 4 8 14 26 -8 36
11 O'Higgins 27 10 5 12 32 34 12 3 2 7 14 22 15 7 3 5 18 12 -2 35
12 Cobresal 25 9 6 10 31 30 12 6 3 3 18 10 13 3 3 7 13 20 1 33
13 La Serena 27 9 6 12 28 31 13 5 3 5 14 12 14 4 3 7 14 19 -3 33
14 Univ. Concepcion 28 7 11 10 31 40 14 4 4 6 16 20 14 3 7 4 15 20 -9 32
15 Audax Italiano 27 7 9 11 38 43 14 6 5 3 23 16 13 1 4 8 15 27 -5 30
16 Deportes Iquique 26 7 6 13 26 35 14 5 3 6 14 18 12 2 3 7 12 17 -9 27
17 Coquimbo Unido 25 7 5 13 23 36 13 4 3 6 12 19 12 3 2 7 11 17 -13 26
18 Colo-Colo 26 6 7 13 26 39 12 3 1 8 12 20 14 3 6 5 14 19 -13 25

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.