Universidad de Chile VS Union La Calera

Universidad de Chile host Union La Calera for this Chilean Primera Division round 16 clash at Sstadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago de Chile. A balanced and relatively low-scoring match is on the cards here between two not very strong teams in this somewhat low-level league compared to many other South American leagues.. Neither team have been at their best lately. the betting market prices to hosts here as not favorites – not very clear though. I see the visitors as very slim favorites and the recommended bet on them with the +0.5 goals handicap option has a great chance of winning. Let’s take a closer look..

The hosts currently occupy the 12th place in the standings in this league of 16 teams total with 17 points in the bank. Their goal difference is 19:22. Indeed, they have scored a decent number of goals but also allow too may and their coach has said that they would have to improve their defense football if they want to climb up the standings. Moreover, they have scored more goals than they would have deserved in terms of expected goals – a statistic commonly used buy professional football bettors. Their defenders are a bit slow and often error-prone too.. They were definitely not good in the two matches they played in Chilean Cup against a small team, General Velasquez. This team plays in the Segunda division and the hosts were massive favorites in both matches. They took a narrow away win on the 19th of last month. 1-2 was the final score. At home, in the second leg, they even failed to win, and it was 2-2 draw! If they do not improve they will probably not take all three points here. In their most recent match in this league, they were lame, especially offensively, and lost to Cobresal 0-1 away from home. The lacked offensive structure and pace and failed to record any shots on target. The hosts had three and also recorded 20 scoring attempts – U. De Chile had eight. Union La Calera, on the other hand, have struggled quite a lot with scoring this season bad had also had bad luck. Many of the eight draws they have played in this league so far this season could have been wins.. They will surely climb up the standings later on! they do have potential for better and their defense is pretty solid! They also were not good in the recent cup matches and even lost the second leg against lowly opposition but avoid defeat four times in a row prior to this match against S. Morning, a lowly team. I expect them to play pretty defensive football here – a draw would not be a bad result for either team.