SANTIAGO, Chile (Interstat) — Universidad de Chile opens its Primera División season Sunday against Cobresal at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, with the home side riding momentum from a strong finish to the preseason and statistical models heavily favoring La U.

The match, the first of the 2026 Chilean top-flight campaign, kicks off at a sold-out 48,000-seat venue in the Ñuñoa district. Universidad de Chile enters with a 3-1 victory over archrival Colo Colo on March 7, a result that extended the club’s unbeaten run against Cobresal to two matches.

In the most recent head-to-head meeting Oct. 11, 2025, Universidad de Chile won 2-0 at Cobresal. The prior encounter, on Sept. 24, 2025, ended scoreless at Universidad de Chile.

Cobresal arrives having won its final preseason match May 3, a 2-0 victory over Everton. That result snapped a two-match losing streak that included a 2-0 defeat at Coquimbo Unido on March 22 and a 4-1 loss at Universidad Católica on March 8.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a 2-1 victory for the home side. The firm’s ELO system gives Universidad de Chile a 66.40 percent probability of winning, with a draw at 19.80 percent and a Cobresal victory at 13.80 percent.

Universidad de Chile’s only other results this season are the two head-to-head matches against Cobresal from the 2025 season.

Cobresal’s other results this season include two matches: the March 22 loss at Coquimbo and the March 8 defeat at Universidad Católica.

Universidad de Chile’s next match is Sunday at Coquimbo Unido. Cobresal hosts Everton on Wednesday, May 20, then visits Huachipato on May 26.