Match Report
28 points separated the sides: Audax Italiano 5th on 52, Deportes Iquique 15th on 24. Deportes Iquique had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportes Iquique 1.13 scored and 2 conceded per game, Audax Italiano 1.7 and 1.43, with the league averaging 1.32.
Deportes Iquique arrived off three straight defeats, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Audax Italiano had not lost in 12 games, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Deportes Iquique had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Audax Italiano, 13.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Deportes Iquique, 0 draws and 3 for Audax Italiano, at 4.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 100%.
The venue was Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, with room for 12,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.