Unión 1 – U. Católica 2: Visitors at Santa Laura secure victory

U. Católica strolled past Unión Española with a 2-1 win on Thursday at Santa Laura. With both teams drawing in their previous fixtures, they were each keen to pick up points. Unión arrived with the intention of improving their league position following a 0-0 draw with O’Higgins in their previous game. U. Católica, meanwhile, were struggling for form following a draw in their last match. Unión are now in 9th place, with 37 points from 17 matches, while U. Católica sit in 4th, with 41 points from 17.

U. Católica started strongly in the first half, when Fernando Zampedri found the net, at 23 minutes to take them into the break 1-0 up.

Unión staged a comeback in the second half, when Leandro Garate found the net, at 52 minutes. In the end though, U. Católica took the victory via a Yamil Asad goal, 76 minutes in, seing the match finish 2-1.

Substitutions for Unión included Thomas Galdames, Bryan Rabello, Gonzalo Espinoza, Ignacio Ibanez and Ignacio Jara for Stefano Magnasco, Gabriel Norambuena, Sebastian Leyton, Diego Acevedo and Felipe Massri, respectively. U. Católica replaced Clemente Montes, Fabian Orellana, Daniel Gonzalez and Yamil Asad for Yamil Asad, Gonzalo Tapia, German Lanaro and Aaron Astudillo.

Unión and U. Católica played a tough game where the referee sanctioned Unión with yellow cards to Manuel Fernandez, Miguel Pinto and Ignacio Jara and with red card to Manuel Fernandez (2 yellow cards), while from U. Católica Luciano Aued, Clemente Montes and Matias Dituro were booked and red to Raimundo Rebolledo.

Next up, Unión are away to Antofagasta, whilst U. Católica will travel to face Unión La Calera.