A Ñublense that has gone four consecutive games without winning in the First Division will try to break its bad streak this Thursday against Huachipato at the Nelson Oyarzún Municipal Bicentenario Stadium.
Ñublense is in tenth place with 16 points in 14 games. Ñublense added a point in their last First Division match, drawing 0-0 at the Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium against Universidad de Chile, extending their winless streak to four (wins 0 draws 2 losses 2).
In their last First Division match, Huachipato beat Everton 1-0 at home and ended a streak of four games without a win.
The last time both teams met in the First Division, Huachipato won 1-0 at the Nelson Oyarzún Municipal Bicentenario Stadium last season. Huachipato’s only goal was the work of Enzo Guerrero, from Ñublense, who put the ball into his own goal.
Gabriel Graciani and Pedro Sánchez have attracted attention at Ñublense this season. Graciani is the team’s top scorer with five goals, two of which have been to open the scoring. Sánchez has been almost as impressive, with four goals, three of them opening the scoring.
Cris Martínez, Gonzalo Montes and Maximiliano Gutiérrez have been Huachipato’s main offensive threats this season, with three, two and two goals, respectively.
Ñublense has added 11 points (W3 D2 L2) out of a possible 21 in seven First Division games played at home this season. Huachipato has had one victory, two draws and three away defeats this season in league matches. Huachipato has a streak of three games without winning away from home (0 wins, 1 draws, 2 losses). They have not won away from home since March 9 against Cobresal.
In the last six games, Ñublense won one, drew three and lost two. Huachipato, for its part, won two, drew one and lost three.
Highlights
MATCH HISTORY (All competitions):
Matches won: 8
Ties: 5
Lost: 18
