Deportes Iquique vs Union Espanola — Primera División 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 66+ matches
Deportes Iquique42%
Union Espanola33%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Deportes Iquique creates 16% more chances
Season form · 66 home / 109 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over53
- Under47
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes56
- No44
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Deportes Iquique ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Deportes Iquique at home — creates 1.38, concedes 1.42 · 66 matches
Union Espanola away — creates 1.17, concedes 1.61 · 109 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Deportes Iquique attack 1.38 + Union Espanola defence 1.61 → ÷2 → 1.50
Union Espanola attack 1.17 + Deportes Iquique defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.29
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 42%?"
Deportes Iquique at 42% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 42% does not mean "Deportes Iquique will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
Coquimbo Unido
U. Catolica
Colo Colo
Universidad de Chile
O'Higgins
Huachipato
Palestino
Deportes Limache
Nublense
A. Italiano
Cobresal
Everton de Vina
D. La Serena
Union La Calera
Universidad de ConcepcionDeportes Iquique
ConcepciónUnion EspanolaIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
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Statistics
Deportes Iquique host Union Espanola on Sunday, 16 March 2025 at 23:30. The match is part of the Primera División 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Deportes Iquique vs Union Espanola
Union Espanola beat Deportes Iquique 4-0 in Primera División on March 16, 2025.
Goals: I. Jeraldino (45'), R. Vasquez (51'), A. Uribe (56'), P. Aranguiz (65').
Deportes Iquique controlled possession (54%) and registered 13 shots to 12.
The match was played at Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique.