ANTOFAGASTA (Interstat) — Antofagasta scored early and never let visiting Curico Unido settle, rolling to a 4-0 victory at Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán. The home side controlled the most important passages of the match, built a two-goal lead by the 34th minute and added another after halftime before completing the scoring deep in stoppage time. Curico Unido could not find a response and finished the match without a goal. Antofagasta was the home team, and Curico Unido was the visiting team. The date was Sunday. Antofagasta scored four goals in total, and Curico Unido scored none.

Jose Monreal opened the scoring in the 27th minute, giving Antofagasta the advantage after a patient buildup. Mathias Suarez doubled the lead in the 34th minute, and Antofagasta carried that two-goal cushion into halftime. The first two goals came seven minutes apart. The goals rewarded the home side’s pressure and left Curico Unido chasing the game. Monreal played 65 minutes and scored once. Suarez also played 65 minutes, scored once and was shown a yellow card. Suarez’s goal came before his 65th-minute substitution.

Antofagasta kept pushing after the break. Brayan Hurtado scored in the 66th minute, during a 25-minute appearance, to make it 3-0. The home team added its fourth goal in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time. That goal completed the scoring for the match. That late strike completed a dominant attacking display and capped a match in which Antofagasta converted its clearest chances while Curico Unido was limited to few answers. Antofagasta’s pressure produced four goals and kept Curico Unido from recording a breakthrough at either end of the match.

Discipline became a factor as the match moved into its middle stages. Curico Unido’s J. Romo was booked in the 56th minute. Antofagasta’s Suarez received a yellow card in the 61st minute, and Curico Unido’s R. Colombo was booked in the 63rd. Curico Unido made two changes at halftime involving E. Ormeno and W. Saez, and made another change in the 58th minute involving V. Saldivia. Antofagasta made three changes in the 65th minute involving Suarez, S. Hinojosa and Monreal. The home side also made changes in the 70th minute involving J. D. Bandez and in the 73rd minute involving V. Aros. Curico Unido made two more changes in the 78th minute involving R. Guzman and L. Lopez. The changes continued late in the match as both sides rotated their lineups.

Antofagasta improved to 3-0-1 in the competition and 5-0-3 across all competitions. Curico Unido dropped to 1-2-1 in the competition and 1-2-1 across all competitions. The result kept Antofagasta unbeaten in the competition while Curico Unido remained on one competition win. Antofagasta’s unbeaten competition start has included three wins and a draw, while Curico Unido’s competition mark now includes one win, two losses and one draw. The home side remained without a loss in the competition.

Curico Unido entered the match after a draw with Deportes Iquique, a win at S. Wanderers and a loss at Magallanes. Antofagasta entered after scoreless draws with U. de Chile and CD Santa Cruz and earlier home wins over San Marcos de Arica, U. de Chile and Rangers. Antofagasta also beat Deportes Iquique at home and drew at Deportes Iquique earlier in the season. Those results framed a matchup between a home side in strong form and a visitor still searching for consistency.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Antofagasta 2, Curico Unido 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Antofagasta with an 83.8 percent probability to win. Antofagasta had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1. The total score of 4 went under the over/under line of 2.5.