Unión Española vs Palestino Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Unión Española

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Unión Española head into this fixture following on from a 2-2 Campeonato Nacional tied result against Universidad Católica.

Fernando Zampedri (55', 78') scored for Universidad Católica.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Unión Española have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Unión Española have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 7 goals along the way. We shall soon find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Palestino

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Palestino will go into the match following on from a 2-1 Campeonato Nacional win as they beat Huachipato in their most recent match.

For Palestino, the goals were scored by Maximiliano Salas (45') and Agustín Farias (98'). Cris Martínez (63') was the scorer for Huachipato.

Looking at their form, and Palestino have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Palestino seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/02/2020 tells us that Unión Española have won 0 of them and Palestino 3, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 of them from Rojos de Santa Laura and 11 for El Tino-Tino. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league game featuring the two was Campeonato Nacional match day 16 on 02/07/2022 which ended up with the score at Palestino 1-0 Unión Española.

ℹ️ Team News: Unión Española

Stefano Magnasco (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Octavio Rivero (Ruptured cruciate ligament) won’t be playing for Unión Española manager Ronald Fuentes.

📋 Team News: Palestino

Thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Palestino boss Pablo Sánchez doesn’t have any fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Palestino and Unión Española should play out a closely-fought contest here.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. Our tip is therefore for a close game with a score draw at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 03:21 15/03/2023