Match Report
Unión Española went into the game 4th in the table on 4 points; O'Higgins sat 2nd on 11 — a 7-point gap. On recent form Unión Española sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.67/1.83 for Unión Española and 2.17/1.33 for O'Higgins (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.42.
5 games without a win framed Unión Española's arrival.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Unión Española, 3 draws and 3 for O'Higgins, at 3.63 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 13% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%. Where history says 3.63 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.8.
The venue was Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, with room for 19,000 spectators. With 36 matches recorded and 3.0 yellow cards per game, M. Vergara was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, O'Higgins led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.
Goal scorers
Unión Española: Andrés Vilches (16') · O'Higgins: Bastián Yáñez (5'), Arnaldo Castillo (12')
Key stats
Possession: Unión Española 54% · O'Higgins 46% · Total shots: 16-10 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 7-4