📏 Form Guide

O'Higgins

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O'Higgins will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Campeonato Nacional defeat in their last game at the hands of Universidad de Chile.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where O'Higgins have shown defensive steel. The facts show that O'Higgins have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 5 goals on the way. That kind of trend might not be carried forward here, however.

Deportes Iquique

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Deportes Iquique head into the meeting after a 1-0 Campeonato Nacional win to defeat Cobresal in their last match.

Illustrating their bias toward high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 20 times in the prior six matches in which Deportes Iquique have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.33 goals for each clash. Opposing teams have got 6 of those goals.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 26/05/2018 shows that O'Higgins have won 3 of these & Deportes Iquique 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 12 from Capo de Provincia and 9 for Los Dragones Celestes. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Campeonato Nacional match day 29 on 12/01/2021 which ended up with the score at O'Higgins 2-2 Deportes Iquique.

ℹ️ Team News: O'Higgins

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the O'Higgins gaffer Pablo de Muner to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group. Matías Belmar (Cruciate ligament tear) is sidelined.

🗞️ Team News: Deportes Iquique

Thanks to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Deportes Iquique manager Jaime Vera does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Deportes Iquique have it in them to put one past this O'Higgins lineup, but it isn’t expected to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 victory for O'Higgins when the full-time whistle blows. Should be an interesting one.

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

Peter Guest, 23:24 28/03/2024