Unión Española vs Cobreloa betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Primera Division match on August 17th, 2024

Unión Española and Cobreloa will play on August 17th, 2024, Saturday at 16:30h (UTC), in a match counting for the Primera Division in Chile, check the Unión Española vs Cobreloa betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Unión Española vs Cobreloa will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK stadium, in the city of Santiago de Chile, with a capacity for 3500 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Unión Española vs Cobreloa betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Primera Division has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.77 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.73 goals per game of the last championship.

Unión Española last match

Unión Española come from a draw in the last match. The game against Audax Italiano, valid for the Primera Division, ended with a 1-1. The team coached by M. Ponce Torres lined up in the last match with a 4-3-3 formation.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.40.

Cobreloa last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Primera Division, Cobreloa, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Unión La Calera team with a final score of 2-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.80.

Unión Española vs Cobreloa h2h

The last time Unión Española faced Cobreloa it was in Primera Division. Unión Española, then in 5th place opened with a play using the 4-3-3 formation, while Cobreloa, who was in 7th place, played using a 4-4-2 tactic.

The two teams have not faced each other since 16-03-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024 season of the Primera Division, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Cobreloa.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The performance of the Cobreloa team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Unión Española team.

Unión Española

Primera Division leaderboard now

The Unión Española team with 29 points currently occupies the 7th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Copa Sul-Americana, with a campaign of 8 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.

With the same score that the Palestino who occupies position 6, the team starts the 20th round.

Unión Española analysis

Unión Española after 19 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 36 goals and conceded only 31 to opponents.

Winning once as the visiting team, the team’s record of 7 wins, 4 losses, and 0 draws proves they are naturally stronger at home.

Unión Española is a more offensive team than Cobreloa, having 1787 attacks vs. 1445 from Cobreloa, having scored 36 times. In comparison, Cobreloa converted into goal 22 times.

Best goalscorer from Unión Española

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Franco Ezequiel Frías. The Attacker scored 8 goals in the current season, helping Unión Española to achieve victory in several disputes.

Cobreloa

Primera Division leaderboard now

Cobreloa arrives in this game with 21 points, and in 11th place in the Primera Division, having won 6 games in total and lost 10 times, making a total of 3 draws.

Which means that the team has an advantage of 1 point, in the 20th round, with the Cobresal team in hot pursuit at 12th place.

Cobreloa analysis

Currently, in the Primera Division, Cobreloa sums 22 goals for and a total of 42 goals against, after 19 rounds played.

Best goalscorer from Cobreloa

Cristián Insaurralde has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 4 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Cobreloa to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Historical data: Cobreloa

With 8 titles won in the history of the tournament, the Cobreloa team is one of the competition's top names. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match, and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Unión Española is Franco Ezequiel Frías, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Cobreloa is Cristián Insaurralde, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Cobreloa scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.35.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 4.44 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 6.11 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

Both teams have the same number of red cards in the season, in this case 8. A market to evaluate to get some return on your bets!

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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