Universidad de Chile will be the visitors at The Estadio de La Cisterna on Sunday for the Campeonato Nacional game with home team Palestino.
Our Palestino v Universidad de Chile predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Palestino
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Palestino will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-0 Campeonato Nacional victory versus Huachipato.
The only scorer from Palestino was Bryan Carrasco (45').
Palestino have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 vs opposition teams during the course of their previous 6 outings. In those meetings, Palestino have also seen the tally of goals against them total 6. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Universidad de Chile
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In their last game, Universidad de Chile drew 1-1 in the Campeonato Nacional match with Coquimbo Unido.
The only name on the scoresheet from Universidad de Chile was Luciano Pons (52'). Andrés Chávez (88') was the scorer for Coquimbo Unido.
A series of resolute performances by the Universidad de Chile defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 outings combined. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9.
Going into this one, Universidad de Chile haven't been defeated in their previous 4 away league matches.
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Head to head
A look at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 05/06/2021 shows us that Palestino have won 3 of them and Universidad de Chile 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.
In all, 7 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for El Tino-Tino and 2 netted by Los Azules . That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.17.
The previous league match between these sides was Campeonato Nacional match day 18 on 23/07/2023 when it finished Universidad de Chile 0-1 Palestino.
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Team News: Palestino
Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Palestino boss Pablo Sánchez to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group. Nicolás Meza (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.
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Team News: Universidad de Chile
Universidad de Chile has a number of players out of action. Cristian Palacios (Thigh problems) and Juan Pablo Gómez (Tear of the lateral meniscus) will not be playing here. Franco Calderón will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
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Prediction
We’re envisaging that Palestino will have a tough ask to register a score against this Universidad de Chile lineup who we reckon should score at least once to put them ahead.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a good battle with a 0-1 winning score for Universidad de Chile when the full-time whistle blows.
We’ll see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
14:07 19/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Palestino
Formed: 1920
Stadium: The Estadio de La Cisterna (12,000)
Captain: Bryan Carrasco
Chairman: Jorge Uauy
Manager: Pablo Sánchez
Competitions: Campeonato Nacional position 3, Copa Libertadores (Group E)