Vélez Sarsfield and Unión La Calera get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Copa Libertadores Group Stage fixture.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Superliga match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio José Amalfitani. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Unión La Calera have had more rest.
Unión La Calera have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Vélez Sarsfield form and stats
On the other hand, in the Copa Libertadores, Vélez Sarsfield has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sarsfield, who played 0-0 against Racing Club (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties). That match was also played at this venue (Estadio José Amalfitani).
Ahead of that match, Sarsfield won a home game hosting LDU Quito (3-1).Sarsfield are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost one.
Unión La Calera form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Calera seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Unión La Calera played 2-2 against Flamengo in their previous match. Goalkeeper Alexis Martín Arias got the top player rating of the team with 7.7/10. Arias stopped the opponent with seven saves. It looked so good for Unión La Calera vs Flamengo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Goalkeeper Alexis Martín Arias made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Flamengo. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Universidad Catolica's place.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Calera played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Calera's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. As opposed to that, Calera have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sarsfield and Unión La Calera have met before this season: Unión La Calera - Vélez Sarsfield 0-2.Top Goalscorers
  J. Lucero 4 goals |  T. Almada 3 goals |  A. Centurión 3 goals |
Vélez Sarsfield missing players
Unión La Calera missing players
| Vélez Sarsfield | Unión La Calera | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Vélez Sarsfield | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Unión La Calera | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Audax Italiano | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | La Serena | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Universidad Catolica | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | O'Higgins | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Universidad Chile | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Nublense | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Melipilla | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Colo-Colo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Union Espanola | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Cobresal | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Antofagasta | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Palestino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Huachipato | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Curico Unido | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Santiago Wanderers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 0 |