The first of two encounters in the Copa Sudamericana 1st Round, as the hometeam Unión Española will try to edge Antofagasta in their own ballpark.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!
Unión Española form and stats
Unión Española have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Primera Division. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 237 minutes.
The Unión Española followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Huachipato and win 1-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Curico Unido and winning 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Española handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and four defeats.
There will be little rest for Unión Española after this match as they are travelling to Universidad Chile for a Primera Division game in only three days.
From these home matches, Española have conceded only 2 goals.
Antofagasta form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 1st round against Huachipato.Things could have gone better for Antofagasta in their Primera Division away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
There might be some fixture complaints from Antofagasta as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 2-3 against Coquimbo Unido.
Preceding that game was the away Primera Division victory against Audax Italiano with the score of 3-0.Antofagasta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, ten draws and four defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
A new game in only four days for Antofagasta, the Primera Division home match versus Colo-Colo. Busy days.
Antofagasta's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Unión Española-Antofagasta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Española four wins, Antofagasta one win, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Tello Mery 2 goals |  V. Méndez 1 goals | L. Pavez Contreras 1 goals |
Unión Española missing players
Antofagasta missing players
| Unión Española | Antofagasta | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 12.8 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nublense | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Cobresal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Palestino | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Colo-Colo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | O'Higgins | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Unión Española | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Curico Unido | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Huachipato | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Everton | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Universidad Chile | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Coquimbo Unido | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Antofagasta | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Union La Calera | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | La Serena | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Audax Italiano | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
