International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Unión La Calera and Universidad Católica are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These teams have little in common geographically as Universidad Católica have to travel 4900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Unión La Calera form and stats
Last season their Copa Sudamericana adventure ended in the 8th finals.Unión La Calera have collected 10 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-4-2.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw versus La Serena last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach Baudena made a successful contribution in the game against La Serena, bringing on Passerini who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Calera have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Unión La Calera aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Sausalito in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Universidad Católica form and stats
Universidad Católica's mission in Copa Sudamericana last season failed in the 1st round.Universidad Católica play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Emelec.
Universidad are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
After this away game Universidad Católica return home for a Liga Pro game against Delfin. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Universidad Católica - Unión La Calera 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  C. Martínez Borja 7 goals | I. Díaz De León 6 goals | L. Alzugaray 5 goals |
Unión La Calera missing players
Universidad Católica missing players
| Unión La Calera | Universidad Católica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 11 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 19% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 39% | ||
| 13 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Santos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Unión La Calera | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Banfield | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Nublense | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Union Espanola | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Curico Unido | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Cobresal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | O'Higgins | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Palestino | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Huachipato | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Everton | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Universidad Chile | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Universidad Catolica | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Unión La Calera | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 14 | Coquimbo Unido | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Antofagasta | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | La Serena | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
