Primera B preview: Can Deportes Iquique edge out victory against Unión San Felipe?

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Competition: Chile Primera B
Competition: Tue 19.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Tierra de Campeones (13171 seats)

Deportes Iquique have won 30 points performing as the team playing at home. Unión San Felipe have 29 points playing away. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • Deportes Iquique have the most scored goals (43) in Primera B
  • Deportes Iquique have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión San Felipe have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's quite the trip for Unión San Felipe when visiting Deportes as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

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Deportes Iquique form and stats

Deportes Iquique, who have the most scored goals (43) in Primera B, have collected 18 points from their Primera B home games so far after 5-3-4. After failing to beat Fernandez Vial here at Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Deportes Iquique has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The Deportes supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cobreloa in Primera B and win 1-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Univ. Concepción.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Deportes Iquique have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won one time, drawn five and lost three.

Deportes can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 26 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Unión San Felipe form and stats

4-1-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Unión San Felipe in their Primera B matches away. Felipe love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Primera B home defeat versus Fernandez Vial with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Barnechea with the score of 4-2.

Felipe are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Felipe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Unión San Felipe struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the participants faced each other earlier this season; Unión San Felipe - Deportes 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Deportes Iquique wins - draws - Unión San Felipe wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportes IquiqueÁ. Ramos Sepúlveda
Á. Ramos Sepúlveda
9 goals
Deportes IquiqueH. Salinas Flores
H. Salinas Flores
5 goals
Deportes IquiqueE. Pernía Martínez
E. Pernía Martínez
4 goals

Deportes Iquique missing players

Unión San Felipe missing players

Deportes Iquique Unión San Felipe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 11 24
8 5 3 Won W 1 4 8
6 3 1 Drew D 0 1 5
11 4 0 Lost L 3 6 11
43 26 10 Scored S 4 12 26
42 18 3 Conceded C 8 17 33
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 88%
80% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 62%
68% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 50%
56% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 25%
24% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 12%
76% 83% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 55% 54%
20% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 29%
12% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 29%
 
4 3.8 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 4.8
4.6 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 4.9
2 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10 9.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 7.7 9.3
3.9 3.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.8
44% 55% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 30% 29%
Key stats in Primera B this season:
  • Deportes Iquique have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deportes Iquique have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Unión San Felipe have scored away.
  • Deportes Iquique have the most conceded goals (42) in Primera B
  • Deportes Iquique have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Primera B
  • Deportes Iquique have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Primera B
  • Deportes Iquique have the most scored goals (26) at home in Primera B
  • Deportes Iquique have the most scored goals (43) in Primera B
  • Deportes Iquique have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Primera B
  • Unión San Felipe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coquimbo Unido 25 11 11 3 32 19 13 6 6 1 13 7 12 5 5 2 19 12 13 44
2 Copiapo 25 11 9 5 39 31 13 5 7 1 22 12 12 6 2 4 17 19 8 42
3 Santiago Morning 24 10 9 5 36 27 12 4 5 3 17 12 12 6 4 2 19 15 9 39
4 Puerto Montt 25 9 11 5 26 25 13 6 5 2 17 13 12 3 6 3 9 12 1 38
5 Deportes Temuco 25 9 9 7 34 26 13 5 6 2 20 12 12 4 3 5 14 14 8 36
6 Deportes Santa Cruz 25 10 6 9 29 34 12 5 2 5 16 19 13 5 4 4 13 15 -5 36
7 San Marcos 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 5 2 5 17 14 13 5 3 5 15 17 1 35
8 Magallanes 25 8 10 7 31 30 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 3 6 3 12 15 1 34
9 Rangers 25 9 6 10 30 33 13 6 2 5 16 12 12 3 4 5 14 21 -3 33
10 Fernandez Vial 22 8 6 8 33 28 9 3 4 2 14 11 13 5 2 6 19 17 5 30
11 Deportes Iquique 25 8 6 11 43 42 12 5 3 4 26 18 13 3 3 7 17 24 1 30
12 Unión San Felipe 24 8 5 11 26 33 13 4 4 5 14 16 11 4 1 6 12 17 -7 29
13 Univ. Concepción 25 6 10 9 30 34 12 4 5 3 17 13 13 2 5 6 13 21 -4 28
14 San Luis 25 6 10 9 21 27 12 3 4 5 10 12 13 3 6 4 11 15 -6 28
15 Cobreloa 24 5 8 11 22 33 12 5 2 5 17 19 12 0 6 6 5 14 -11 23
16 Barnechea 25 5 7 13 26 37 13 2 3 8 11 19 12 3 4 5 15 18 -11 22
16 Lautaro de Buin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Read more about Primera B

The Campeonato Primera B is the second level of the Chilean football league. It has 16 teams and the season runs from February to December with each team playing 30 fixtures. The winner is promoted while teams in the second to sixth place in the league table enter a promotion playoff.