IQUIQUE, Chile (Interstat) — Deportes Iquique scored twice inside the opening 10 minutes and added two late goals to beat Magallanes 4-1 Friday at Estadio Tierra de Campeones. The home side set the tone early and protected its advantage through a disciplined second half before closing the match with goals in the 88th and 90th minutes plus stoppage time. Deportes Iquique never trailed after Venezia’s seventh-minute opener and answered Magallanes’ only goal with a stoppage-time strike that restored the three-goal margin.

Agustin Venezia opened the scoring in the 7th minute for Deportes Iquique, and Diego Orellana doubled the lead in the 10th. The early goals forced Magallanes to chase the match, and Deportes Iquique kept the visiting side under pressure for much of the first half. Magallanes’ Jorquera C. received a yellow card in the 19th minute as the visitors tried to slow the home team’s rhythm. The home side carried the two-goal lead into halftime after limiting Magallanes’ best attacking moments before the break.

Bayron Barrera made it 3-0 in the 66th minute, giving Deportes Iquique a comfortable cushion. Magallanes responded with a goal from Diego Figueroa in the 88th minute, but Deportes Iquique answered in the 90th minute plus stoppage time when Thomas Jones scored. The late goal restored the three-goal margin and capped a performance in which Deportes Iquique scored from multiple attacking positions. Magallanes also received a yellow card in the 81st minute, shortly before Figueroa’s goal gave the visitors a brief path back into the match.

Magallanes made two changes at halftime, with Guzman G. and Farfan R. entering, and added Toledo A. in the 60th minute. Deportes Iquique substituted Barrera in the 73rd minute, while Magallanes brought off Jorquera C. in the 73rd and Yanez F. in the 74th. Deportes Iquique later introduced Garrido B. and Ramos A. in the 84th minute and replaced Venezia in the 87th. The substitutions came as both sides adjusted during a second half that opened with Deportes Iquique holding a three-goal lead.

The scoring sequence featured five different scorers. Orellana, Venezia and Barrera struck for Deportes Iquique before Figueroa scored for Magallanes, and Jones completed the scoring for the home side. The goals came in the 7th, 10th, 66th, 88th and 90th minutes plus stoppage time.

The result moved Magallanes’ season record in this competition to 2 wins and 2 losses, and its record across all competitions also stands at 2 wins and 2 losses. Deportes Iquique’s season record in this competition is now 3 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw, while its record across all competitions is 3 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws. Deportes Iquique remained unbeaten in this competition after the home victory, while Magallanes dropped its second match in the competition.

Deportes Iquique entered the match after a 2-2 draw at Curico Unido, a 1-0 home win over U. Espanola and a 2-0 win at San Felipe. Earlier results included a 4-1 loss at Antofagasta and a 1-1 home draw with Antofagasta. Magallanes had lost 1-0 at home to San Luis, won 2-1 at Recoleta and won 1-0 at home over Curico Unido. The visitors arrived after a 1-0 home defeat to San Luis and earlier wins at Recoleta and at home over Curico Unido.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Deportes Iquique 1, Magallanes 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Deportes Iquique with a 51.3 percent probability to win. Deportes Iquique had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 2.75.