The league table is allowed to rest as Unión La Calera and Junior battle for Copa Sudamericana honors in this first 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga BetPlay. That game, against Deportes Tolima, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Junior.
Unión La Calera form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 2nd round.Unión La Calera are steadily winning Primera Division games and points here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar. 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. This match is a Copa Sudamericana match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Calera tasted defeat here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
The fans are hoping that Calera will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Copa Sudamericana game against Junior. A strong away win before that one, visiting Coquimbo Unido and winning 2-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Calera perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unión La Calera as a small favourite), we find eight games. Unión La Calera has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Calera as they have a new game in only three days, a Primera Division match thankfully also at home. Everton are visiting.
The Unión La Calera fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league 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. Calera are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Junior form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Junior, as they won the Copa Sudamericana.When we have look at the Copa Sudamericana statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Junior as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
It's the second away game in a row for Junior, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Deportes Tolima in the Liga BetPlay last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Unión La Calera in the Copa Sudamericana.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. Comesaña López when M. Borja scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Junior in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Junior, five draws and three defeats.
Junior has another fixture away, a Liga BetPlay game, against America de Cali in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Unión La Calera and Junior have met before this season: Junior - Calera 2-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Borja Hernández 13 goals |   A. Vilches Araneda 9 goals | N. Stefanelli 8 goals |
Unión La Calera missing players
Junior missing players
| Unión La Calera | Junior | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 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 | Universidad Catolica | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 27 | 45 |
| 2 | Unión La Calera | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Curico Unido | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 5 | Antofagasta | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Universidad Chile | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Huachipato | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Univ. Concepcion | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Audax Italiano | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Cobresal | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Deportes Iquique | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Palestino | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | Coquimbo Unido | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | La Serena | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Colo-Colo | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 17 |