Football background guide: Universidad Católica odds-on when Curicó Unido visit

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

With the edgy opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Primera Division meeting of the season. Universidad Católica are ready to confront Curicó Unido in front of their home support.

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

In the previous season, Universidad Católica's league statistics were 13 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, producing 6th position in the Primera Division. Over these 30 matches they scored {41 goals} and gave away 38. Performing as the home team in the previous season Universidad Católica produced 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 11 conceded.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Matias Ezequiel Dituro not having conceded a league goal in 288 minutes.

Universidad Católica enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Everton's place. The match ended 3-0 with Zampedri, Tamayo and Santo scoring.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Antofagasta with a 2-0 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Universidad matches with similar probabilities have ended with 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 10 games).

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Curicó Unido form and stats

Let's have a look at how Curicó Unido performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {30 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 9 and lost 3 with 18/17 goals scored/conceded.

Curicó Unido won their last game, 1-0 versus Coquimbo Unido played at home.

A loss against Nublense was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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 Curicó Unido playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Universidad won six, Curicó Unido triumphed in two and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. Zampedri likes to play against Curicó Unido and have scored 7 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Universidad CatólicaF. Zampedri
F. Zampedri
1 goals
Universidad CatólicaC. Pinares Tamayo
C. Pinares Tamayo
1 goals
Universidad CatólicaF. Di Santo
F. Di Santo
1 goals

Universidad Católica missing players

Curicó Unido missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Universidad Católica Curicó Unido
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 20
8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
38% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
23 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 14
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Universidad Católica Last season Curicó Unido
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
13 8   Won W   3 13
6 4   Drew D   9 10
11 3   Lost L   3 7
41 18   Scored S   18 48
38 11   Conceded C   17 30
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 87%
70% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 73%
53% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 50%
33% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 37%
13% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 13%
43% 33%   BTTS BTTS   73% 53%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 37%
27% 27%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
4.7 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.6
4.7 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.6
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.1
6 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
11.1 12   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 12.2
4.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.5
32% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%
 
12.1 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   16.1 13.4
4.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.4

  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 Universidad Católica 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Cobresal 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 O'Higgins 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Nublense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Curicó Unido 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Audax Italiano 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Huachipato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Palestino 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Coquimbo Unido 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Magallanes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Union Espanola 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Union La Calera 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
13 Copiapó 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
14 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
16 Universidad Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 30 18 9 3 54 17 15 11 4 0 30 4 15 7 5 3 24 13 37 63
2 Nublense 30 14 10 6 46 32 15 9 4 2 30 16 15 5 6 4 16 16 14 52
3 Curicó Unido 30 13 10 7 48 30 15 10 1 4 30 13 15 3 9 3 18 17 18 49
4 Palestino 30 12 10 8 45 35 15 9 3 3 32 20 15 3 7 5 13 15 10 46
5 Cobresal 30 13 6 11 44 39 15 9 3 3 22 12 15 4 3 8 22 27 5 45
6 Universidad Católica 30 13 6 11 41 38 15 8 4 3 18 11 15 5 2 8 23 27 3 45
7 Audax Italiano 30 12 9 9 44 42 15 6 4 5 21 19 15 6 5 4 23 23 2 45
8 O'Higgins 30 11 11 8 31 31 15 8 6 1 22 12 15 3 5 7 9 19 0 44
9 Everton 30 9 15 6 40 27 15 5 8 2 20 11 15 4 7 4 20 16 13 42
10 Union La Calera 30 9 12 9 36 40 15 6 7 2 21 15 15 3 5 7 15 25 -4 39
11 Union Espanola 30 10 7 13 37 44 15 4 6 5 17 19 15 6 1 8 20 25 -7 37
12 Huachipato 30 10 5 15 32 46 15 7 2 6 24 23 15 3 3 9 8 23 -14 35
13 Universidad Chile 30 8 6 16 35 50 15 5 4 6 19 21 15 3 2 10 16 29 -15 30
14 Coquimbo Unido 30 7 6 17 32 52 15 5 3 7 21 23 15 2 3 10 11 29 -20 27
15 La Serena 30 7 6 17 28 56 15 4 3 8 17 24 15 3 3 9 11 32 -28 27
16 Antofagasta 30 6 8 16 23 37 15 4 6 5 13 16 15 2 2 11 10 21 -14 26

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 Universidad Católica 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Cobresal 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 O'Higgins 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Nublense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Curicó Unido 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Audax Italiano 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Huachipato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Palestino 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Coquimbo Unido 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
10 Magallanes 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Union Espanola 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Union La Calera 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
13 Copiapó 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
14 Everton 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
16 Universidad Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.