📏 Form Guide

Deportes Iquique

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Deportes Iquique will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-1 Campeonato Nacional loss in their previous game against Huachipato.

Cris Martínez (57') was the scorer for Huachipato.

Three or more goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Deportes Iquique have been involved. Their opponents scored 10 of them in this period while Deportes Iquique managed a tally of 11. Even so, it remains to be seen if that trend might be maintained in this next match or not.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Deportes Iquique:

• haven't beaten Palestino when playing them at home in the previous 2 league games.
• have not emerged victorious against Palestino in their previous 4 league matches.

Palestino

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Palestino will go into the encounter following a 3-1 Copa Libertadores win over Millonarios in their last fixture.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Palestino has become fairly consistent in recent matches. Examining their last six games shows that this has occurred 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal aggregate of 8 and Palestino have scored 8.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 25/11/2017 shows that Deportes Iquique have won 1 of these and Palestino 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined total of 20 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 6 of them for Los Dragones Celestes and 14 for El Tino-Tino. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Campeonato Nacional match day 26 on 28/12/2020 when the final score was Deportes Iquique 0-2 Palestino.

📰 Team News: Deportes Iquique

The Deportes Iquique boss Jaime Vera will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free group available to choose from. Steffan Pino will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

ℹ️ Team News: Palestino

Palestino manager Pablo Sánchez has multiple availability issues to deal with. Gonzalo Sosa (Thigh problems), Nicolás Meza (Cruciate ligament tear) and José Bizama (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered. Cristian Suárez will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Palestino and Deportes Iquique could find scoring goals difficult here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. We therefore think that it’s going to be a close game with a 0-0 score when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:01 29/04/2024