📏 Form Guide

Universidad Católica

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Universidad Católica will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-3 Campeonato Nacional triumph versus Deportes Iquique.

For Universidad Católica, the scorers were Fernando Zampedri (39') and Nicolás Castillo (90'). Edson Puch (61') scored for Deportes Iquique.

Ariel Holan's Universidad Católica have found the net 7 times over their preceding 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games stands at 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Universidad Católica:

• have left without a victory over Colo-Colo in games played at home for the previous 4 league matches.
• have not lost to Colo-Colo when playing them at home in the last 5 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Colo-Colo

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Cobreloa in Campeonato Nacional competition, Colo-Colo and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Cristian Insaurralde (27') was the scorer for Cobreloa.

Throughout their six previous matches, Jorge Almirón's Colo-Colo have found the back of the net a total of 6 times - earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 17/07/2021 tells us that Universidad Católica have won 0 of these and Colo-Colo 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 4.

In all, 8 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 3 from Cruzados and 5 created by Los Albos. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.33.

The previous league fixture between the two was Campeonato Nacional match day 25 on 01/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Colo-Colo 2-1 Universidad Católica.

📰 Team News: Universidad Católica

The Universidad Católica boss Ariel Holan will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game thanks to a fully healthy squad ready to go. Eugenio Mena is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

In all likelihood, Cruzados could go for a 4-3-3 formation for this game, handing starts to Thomas Gillier, Daniel Gonzalez, Gary Kagelmacher, Alfonso Parot, Aaron Astudillo, Lucas Menossi, C. Agustin Farias, Cesar Pinares, Fernando Zampedri, Alexander Aravena and Gonzalo Tapia.

ℹ️ Team News: Colo-Colo

Colo-Colo boss Jorge Almirón has not got a full squad to pick from. Alexander Oroz (Cruciate ligament tear) and César Fuentes (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered. Brayan Cortés will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We’re of the thinking that Los Albos will likely make use of a 4-3-3 lineup by sending out Fernando de Paul, Bruno Gutierrez, Alan Saldivia, Maximiliano Falcon, Erick Wiemberg, Arturo Vidal, Esteban Pavez, Leonardo Gil, Carlos Palacios, Guillermo Paiva and Cristian Zavala.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that Universidad Católica may not find it easy to see themselves scoring against this Colo-Colo team who we think will be able to grind out a win.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for Colo-Colo at the end of the 90.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 21:09 20/04/2024