Universidad Católica vs Unión Española Live Stream, Predictions

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Universidad Católica

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Universidad Católica will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 Campeonato Nacional triumph vs Ñublense.

The only name on the scoresheet from Universidad Católica was Fernando Zampedri (94').

It has been seldom in recent games that Universidad Católica have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Universidad Católica have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals along the way. However, we must now wait to see whether the trend will be sustained in this upcoming game.

Unión Española

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Unión Española come into this meeting following a 3-0 Campeonato Nacional win with the defeat of Deportes Copiapó in their last match.

The numbers tell their own story, and Unión Española have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 6 goals in all. In defence, Unión Española have clearly had some problems.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 29/08/2020 tells us that Universidad Católica have won 3 of these games & Unión Española 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 of them for Cruzados and 8 for Rojos de Santa Laura. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Campeonato Nacional match day 17 on 19/10/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Unión Española 1-2 Universidad Católica.

📋 Team News: Universidad Católica

The Universidad Católica boss Ariel Holan doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Unión Española

Unión Española manager Ronald Fuentes has a number of players out of action. Stefano Magnasco (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Octavio Rivero (Ruptured cruciate ligament) will not be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Unión Española will do really well to find the back of the net against a Universidad Católica team who should be able to win well here.

We are anticipating a convincing 3-0 winning scoreline for Universidad Católica at the end of this one.

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

Peter Guest, 03:06 08/03/2023