Coquimbo 2, CD Palestino 1

SANTIAGO, Chile (Interstat) — Substitute Francisco Salinas scored an 86th-minute winner as Coquimbo Unido opened its Chilean Primera División season with a 2-1 comeback victory over Palestino on Saturday at Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna. The result defied a pregame projection from Interstat, whose game simulator had forecast a 1-1 draw. The same analytics system had given Coquimbo Unido a 58.7 percent probability of securing the win, a prediction that ultimately proved correct after a dramatic final quarter-hour. The match, a physical contest that saw four yellow cards issued, was largely a defensive stalemate until a flurry of goals in… Read more...