- Home form: Audax Italiano Santiago are unbeaten in their last 2 home league games, winning each of them.
- Away form: La Serena have won just 1 of their 6 Primera Division 2026 away games, conceding 2.50 goals per game on average.
- Head-to-head: La Serena have failed to win on either of their last 2 trips to Audax Italiano Santiago.
Audax Italiano Santiago are a tough team to play
Audax Italiano Santiago's season has been a mixed bag, with the hosts winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 of their last 5 matches. Gustavo Lema's men sit 13th in the Primera Division 2026 standings with just 15 points from 14 games played.
However, home is where the heart is for Audax Italiano, with the Santiago-based side winning 4 of their 7 Primera Division home games this season, scoring an average of 2.00 goals per 90 minutes. La Serena aren't faring much better than their hosts on Saturday, sitting just one place above them in 12th after picking up 17 points from 14 matches.
Felipe Gutierrez's side have also endured a mixed run of late, picking up 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from their last 5 games. La Serena have been particularly poor away from home this season, conceding 15 goals in 6 away matches, an average of 2.50 per game.
Head-to-Head
Audax Italiano Santiago have won 2 and lost 1 of their 3 most recent head-to-heads with La Serena across all competitions. There have been no draws in this fixture in the last 3 games, with La Serena's most recent win coming in the Primera Division 2025, when they beat Audax Italiano Santiago 2-1 at home.
Statistics and analysis
Tactical setup
Gustavo Lema is a propositive manager that likes his teams to play an entertaining brand of combination soccer. Audax Italiano Santiago play an aggressive 3-4-3, where the wing-backs attack the half-spaces, the team makes fast vertical transitions, and can press with ferocity to try and capitalise on turnovers.
La Serena are a more fluid team, with Felipe Gutierrez preferring a flexible 4-3-3 system. La Serena create much of their danger down the flanks, with midfield runners offering to support attacking play, although they often lose their defensive structure and shape.
Key players
- Diego Coelho is Audax Italiano Santiago's key attacking threat, netting 2 of his side's last 4 goals in the past 5 matches.
- Franco Troyansky leads their scoring charts with 3 goals in the league in 13 appearances this term.
- Jeisson Vargas has been La Serena's most effective player up top this year, scoring 5 times in 14 league appearances.
Looking for value
Given the host's strong home form and La Serena's leaky away defense, we feel Audax Italiano Santiago will secure the win on Saturday. Both sides have strong attacking threats, although they are also defensively suspect at times, so we feel that both teams to score and over 2.5 match goals are likely.
