Universidad de Chile

Match report

Universidad de Chile secured a comfortable 2-0 victory over Uachipato in the Primera División's Regular Season - 17 on Saturday night. The hosts maintained their unbeaten momentum, extending the run to eight matches across all competitions. Eduardo Vargas and Marcelo Morales struck the goals that settled the contest at the Estadio Nacional.

Uachipato's evening unravelled early when Martin Rodriguez saw red in the twenty-third minute. The dismissal shifted the balance entirely, leaving the visitors to defend for nearly seventy minutes with ten men. Universidad de Chile switched to a back three in formation but the numerical advantage mattered most.

Vargas opened the scoring in the fifty-fourth minute, capitalising on sustained pressure after the equaliser. The striker dallied on the ball before finding space to finish, and the crowd roared them on. Morales doubled the lead just twelve minutes later, converting a chance that Uachipato simply could not clear.

The statistics told the story of complete dominance. Universidad de Chile held 76 per cent possession and registered ten shots on target compared to two. The visitors managed only four attacks throughout the match, while the hosts launched 154. Three goals would have been fair reward for the volume of chances created.

The result leaves Universidad de Chile third on 39 points from 22 games, while Uachipato drop further to thirteenth with 25 points. The gap between sides widened in a league where every point carries weight. Both teams returned to training with different perspectives on what this fixture required.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 76 – 24

Shots on target 10 – 2

Shots off target 5 – 3

Big chances 1 – 0

🟥 23' M. Rodriguez — Red card ⚽ 54' Eduardo Vargas — Goal ⇄ 61' A. Arce — Substitution ⚽ 66' M. Morales — Goal ⇄ 69' G. Guaiquil — Substitution ⇄ 70' C. Bravo — Substitution 🟨 74' L. Barrera — Yellow card ⇄ 74' M. Morales — Substitution ⇄ 80' Eduardo Vargas — Substitution 🟨 84' M. Briceno — Yellow card ⇄ 85' M. Briceno — Substitution

Match events

23' 0:0 Huachipato Red card M. Rodriguez
54' 1:0 Universidad de Chile Goal Eduardo Vargas assist: L. Assadi
61' 1:0 Universidad de Chile Substitution A. Arce off: J. Altamirano
66' 2:0 Universidad de Chile Goal M. Morales assist: L. Assadi
69' 2:0 Huachipato Substitution G. Guaiquil off: L. Velasquez
70' 2:0 Huachipato Substitution C. Bravo off: S. Mella
74' 2:0 Universidad de Chile Yellow card L. Barrera
74' 2:0 Universidad de Chile Substitution M. Morales off: I. A. Vasquez Gonzalez
80' 2:0 Universidad de Chile Substitution Eduardo Vargas off: J. Lucero
84' 2:0 Huachipato Yellow card M. Briceno
85' 2:0 Huachipato Substitution M. Briceno off: F. Alegria

Statistics

76 Possession, % 24

10 Shots on target 2

5 Shots off target 3

1 Big chances 0

154 Attacks 40

13 Corners 2

4 Fouls 5

4 Free kicks 4

2 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 1

4 Goal kicks 10

19 Throw-ins 12

All statistics

11/2152% Aerial duels 10/2148%

122 Backward passes 29

16 Blocked shots 2

14 Clearances 44

9/4420% Crosses 2/729%

5/1338% Dribbles 3/933%

67 Failed passes 70

2 Goalkeeper saves 8

13 Interceptions 9

27 Key passes 6

16/2759% Long passes 20/5139%

311 Passes into the final third 24

613 Passes in the opposition half 91

172 Passes in own half 144

0.32 Shot accuracy 0.29

13 Shots from outside the box 3

17 Shots inside the box 3

8/1267% Tackles 10/1377%

741 Total passes 228

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Gabriel Jesús Castellón Velazquez	25
5	Nicolás Enrique Ramírez Aguilera	5
14	Marcelo Morales	14
17	Fabián Marcelo Hormazábal Berríos	17
31	Bianneider Tamayo	31
7	Maximiliano Gabriel Guerrero Peña	7
10	Lucas Humberto Assadi Reygadas	10
20	Charles Mariano Aránguiz Sandoval	20
28	A. Arce	28
29	L. Barrera	29
11	Eduardo Vargas	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos	1
2	Franco Ezequiel Calderón	2
6	Nicolás Esteban Fernández Muñoz	6
22	Matías Ezequiel Zaldivia	22
8	Israel Elías Poblete Zúñiga	8
19	Javier Altamirano	19
32	Gonzalo Reynaldo Añasgo	32
18	Juan Martín Lucero	18
23	Ignacio Vazquez	23

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Huachipato

Starting XI
#	Player	number
12	Christian Bravo	12
2	Nelson Guillermo Guaiquil Ruiz	2
5	Rafael Caroca	5
8	Pablo Nicolás Vargas Romero	8
13	Renzo Malanca	13
6	Claudio Elías Sepúlveda Castro	6
10	Martín Ezequiel Cañete	10
24	Maicol Leon	24
7	Mario Cristián Osmín Briceño Portilla	7
9	Lionel Altamirano	9
15	Maximiliano Alexander Rodríguez Vejar	15

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Sebastian Melli	1
20	Cristián Alejandro Toro Castañeda	20
27	Lucas Velásquez	27
21	Carlos Herrera	21
22	Javier Nicolas Carcamo	22
38	Sebastián Melgarrehó	38
51	Martín Vladimir Rodríguez Torrejón	51
16	Luciano Daniel Arriagada Garcia	16

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