📏 Form Guide

Universidad Católica

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Universidad Católica will be looking for another win after a 0-1 Campeonato Nacional success over Deportes La Serena.

The only name on the scoresheet from Universidad Católica was Fernando Zampedri (49').

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Universidad Católica have been involved. Breaking down the goal split during that period, opposing sides scored an aggregate of 2 and Universidad Católica got themselves 7. That trend might not be carried forward into this match, of course.

Leading up to this clash, Universidad Católica:

• have not lost to Palestino when playing them at home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not lost a league tie with Palestino in their previous 3 matches.
• have left without a victory over Palestino in their previous 2 league matches.

Palestino

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After tasting defeat last time out to Coquimbo Unido in Campeonato Nacional action, Palestino and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The only player to score from Palestino was Junior Arias (73').

In as many as 6 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Palestino, at least three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match during that time is 3, with the average number of goals for Palestino being 1.33.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 24/07/2022, neither club has come out on top overall with Universidad Católica winning 2 of those games, Palestino 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 17 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 of them for Cruzados and 8 created by El Tino-Tino. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league game between the two was Campeonato Nacional match day 13 on 01/06/2025 when it finished Palestino 1-1 Universidad Católica.

📋 Team News: Universidad Católica

Fernando Zuqui (Cruciate ligament tear) and Cristian Cuevas (Adductor injury) are unavailable for Universidad Católica boss Daniel Garnero.

📋 Team News: Palestino

Palestino manager Lucas Bovaglio has to currently contend with reduced team options. Sebastián Pérez (Forearm fracture) and Ariel Martínez (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💭 Prediction

In this game, Palestino certainly have the ability to break down this Universidad Católica outfit, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Universidad Católica after 90 minutes. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Peter Guest, 18:01 22/11/2025