Primera Division news and preview: Universidad Chile moderate favourite to overcome Audax Italiano

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Competition: Chile Primera Division
Competition: Mon 02.Oct
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK (3500 seats)

Boasting a 2 point dominance in the league standings, Universidad Chile regulars aim to see their beloved team earn full points from this fixture hosting Audax Italiano.

Insights:
  • Audax Italiano have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Primera Division

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Audax Italiano have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 15-12-12 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic match!

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Universidad Chile form and stats

3-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Universidad Chile so far this season. Universidad Chile have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

No payout for Universidad in their previous match, an away game at Copiapo that ended in defeat 1-3.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Colo-Colo that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Universidad Chile 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 4 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals from both sides! That has happened in 5 league matches in a row for this side. Could it happen again?

Universidad Chile has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Universidad's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Audax Italiano form and stats

Audax Italiano have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 3-2-7 (12 played).

Audax Italiano go into this game after a win, the home game against Union La Calera that ended 2-1. That win felt good as this team had gone three league games without winning. The end of the last match, against Union La Calera, was very satisfying as Sosa scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting O'Higgins's place.

We have checked recent matches where Audax Italiano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

Italiano find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Audax Italiano rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Audax Italiano - Universidad Chile 1-2 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head to head fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universidad Chile two wins, two draws and Audax Italiano six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Audax ItalianoG. Sosa
G. Sosa
10 goals
UniversidadL. Fernández
L. Fernández
6 goals
Audax ItalianoG. Ríos
G. Ríos
6 goals

Universidad Chile missing players

Audax Italiano missing players

Universidad Chile Audax Italiano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
8 3 1 Won W 1 3 8
7 5 2 Drew D 1 2 5
9 3 1 Lost L 2 7 11
27 12 5 Scored S 3 15 31
32 13 7 Conceded C 6 20 33
88% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
75% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 79%
54% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 62%
17% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 17%
4% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
62% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 67% 58%
25% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 25%
25% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 21%
 
5.2 5.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.2 5.4
3.7 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.4 5.7
3 3.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.7
5 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 7
 
14.9 13.2 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 12.2 13.3
4.7 4.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 4.3
24% 27% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 34% 30%
 
11.8 9.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 13.8 12.9
4.4 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Audax Italiano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Audax Italiano have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Primera Division
  • Audax Italiano have won significantly less corners away then 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 Cobresal 24 13 7 4 45 29 12 9 3 0 24 10 12 4 4 4 21 19 16 46
2 Huachipato 24 13 4 7 38 26 12 6 3 3 21 12 12 7 1 4 17 14 12 43
3 Colo-Colo 23 10 9 4 37 24 12 7 3 2 23 9 11 3 6 2 14 15 13 39
4 Palestino 24 11 6 7 38 35 12 6 3 3 19 15 12 5 3 4 19 20 3 39
5 Everton 24 10 5 9 33 32 13 6 2 5 19 17 11 4 3 4 14 15 1 35
6 Coquimbo Unido 24 10 5 9 32 33 11 6 2 3 15 14 13 4 3 6 17 19 -1 35
7 Universidad Catolica 24 9 7 8 37 35 13 5 4 4 20 17 11 4 3 4 17 18 2 34
8 Union La Calera 24 7 11 6 33 31 12 4 5 3 16 15 12 3 6 3 17 16 2 32
9 Union Espanola 24 8 7 9 31 24 12 6 3 3 21 10 12 2 4 6 10 14 7 31
10 Universidad Chile 24 8 7 9 27 32 11 3 5 3 12 13 13 5 2 6 15 19 -5 31
11 O'Higgins 24 8 6 10 32 31 11 2 4 5 14 15 13 6 2 5 18 16 1 30
12 Nublense 24 8 6 10 27 31 13 4 3 6 15 20 11 4 3 4 12 11 -4 30
13 Audax Italiano 24 8 5 11 31 33 12 5 3 4 16 13 12 3 2 7 15 20 -2 29
14 Copiapo 24 6 8 10 25 39 12 4 4 4 17 23 12 2 4 6 8 16 -14 26
15 Magallanes 23 6 4 13 24 34 11 4 3 4 12 12 12 2 1 9 12 22 -10 22
16 Curico Unido 24 6 3 15 23 44 12 3 0 9 11 23 12 3 3 6 12 21 -21 21

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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.