Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Coquimbo Unido & Estudiantes Mérida face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Sudamericana. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Estudiantes Mérida played their last game only two days ago, a Primera Division match.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 6500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Coquimbo Unido form and stats
Coquimbo have reached this Copa Sudamericana stage through battling and winning against Aragua.The story so far in the Primera Division for Coquimbo Unido at their home stadium (Estadio Bicentenario Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Coquimbo Unido's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Univ. Concepcion. In the game before, an away victory in the Primera Division match versus Cobresal with a 1-0 scoreline.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Union Espanola are coming to town in three days.
The Coquimbo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Coquimbo have conceded 11 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Estudiantes Mérida form and stats
They also participated in Copa Sudamericana last season. This ended in the 1st round.Estudiantes has drawn their two previous away games.
Estudiantes Mérida's previous game was their home loss versus Deportivo La Guaira (1-2). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Carabobo.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Estudiantes manager M. Brignani as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Mineros de Guayana.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Abrigo Navarro 4 goals | R. Farfan Arancibia 3 goals | M. Pinto Mell 3 goals |
Coquimbo Unido missing players
Estudiantes Mérida missing players
| Coquimbo Unido | Estudiantes Mérida | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 244 | 147 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 226 | ||
| 92 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 82 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union La Calera | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Union Espanola | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Universidad Catolica | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Antofagasta | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Universidad Chile | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Huachipato | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Curico Unido | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 9 | Santiago Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Cobresal | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Everton | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Univ. Concepcion | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Palestino | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Coquimbo Unido | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Deportes Iquique | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Colo-Colo | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | La Serena | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 9 |