Tomás Yelmini
Chilean soccer wants to return to the top, and to do so its federation must ensure a competitive league. For this reason, the Chilean First Division league, which will kick off on the weekend of January 22, hopes to feature great players and improve on the good tournament of 2022, which crowned Colo Colo.
In this case, we present a team that last season had gone through an inconsistent campaign that left them out of any continental competition. Everton de Viña del Mar hopes to have a different season, and is already reinforcing its squad with new signings to fight in a competition, in which 16 teams will participate and will play 30 matchdays divided into two rounds.
Founded in 1909 in Valparaíso, Everton owes its name to the homonymous club of the city of Liverpool, which plays in the English Premier League. The team is owned by Grupo Pachuca (Mexico) and has four league titles to its name, won in 1950, 1952, 1976 and 2008. Although it is far from Chile’s big three (Colo Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica), it is a team that is always a protagonist.
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Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for Everton de Viña del Mar for the 2023 Chilean Primera Division Season
The 34-year-old Argentinian Francisco Meneghini will continue to lead the team. Although he was not a professional soccer player, he has trained with important coaching staffs, such as those headed by Marcelo Bielsa, Jorge Sampaoli and Sebastián Beccacece and before joining Everton, he managed Unión La Calera and Audax Italiano.
In the upcoming season, Everton will make its debut against Universidad Católica on Sunday, January 22, at its Sausalito stadium in Viña del Mar. To this end, he is already modifying the squad, which has suffered some departures from the one that finished in mid-table during 2022. For example, striker Sebastián Sosa Sánchez has left and will continue his career at Banfield in Argentina. Another casualty is Janner Hitcler, who returned to Barcelona from Ecuador. Goalkeeper Fernando de Paul moved to Colo Colo, while defender John Salas will play for La Calera and Christian Bravo went to Juventud de las Piedras in Uruguay.
However, a number of players have also arrived to strengthen the team. These are the cases of experienced striker Sebastián Sáez, goalkeeper Claudio González (both from Unión La Calera) and midfielder Bryan Soto, from Colo Colo.
Everton de Viña del Mar in the 2022 Season
2022 was not a good year for Everton, which finished the Chilean Championship in ninth place with 42 points, three points behind the last qualifier for the Copa Sudamericana (Audax Italiano). Although they did not lose many matches (6, the same as the runner-up, Ñublense), it had many problems to win, as they were only able to celebrate in 9 of the 30 matches it played. And it was by far the team that tied the most, with 15.
It was the second team with the fewest goals conceded (27), behind only the champion Colo Colo (17). It also scored 40 goals, and its top scorers, with 7 goals, were Matías Campos and Lucas Di Yorio, who was transferred to León of Mexico in the middle of 2022. Sebastián Sosa Sánchez scored five goals and Rodrigo Echeverría four.
Everton de Viña del Mar Odds for the 2023 Season
Everton de Viña del Mar odds for the 2023 season are not yet available, but in the next JefeBet updates you will find the odds for them and the other teams of the Chilean Championship.
Chilean Championship Prediction: Fourth place in the Chilean Championship.
