Deportes IquiqueW22 Aug · Away Deportes Puerto Montt · 4:0L30 Aug · Home San Luis FC · 0:1L4 Sep · Away Santiago Wanderers · 0:1L10 Sep · Home Deportes Santa Cruz · 0:1W15 Sep · Away Rangers de Talca · 2:1D24 Sep · Home Antofagasta · 1:1
0:1
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Kick-off was
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Deportes Santa CruzL22 Aug · Away Magallanes CF · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Union San Felipe · 0:0D5 Sep · Home Unión Española · 1:1W10 Sep · Away Deportes Iquique · 1:0D14 Sep · Home Recoleta · 0:0L24 Sep · Away O'Higgins · 1:2
In the Primera B game on 10 September 2026, Deportes Santa Cruz beat Deportes Iquique 0:1. Match numbers: free kicks 8:10, offsides 2:1.
Match report
Deportes Santa Cruz secured a 1-0 victory over Deportes Iquique in the Regular Season round 25 of the Primera B on September 9th. The result extends the visitors' recent run of results that has kept them in the lower half of the table. Santa Cruz now sit on 21 points in 15th place, while Iquique remain in 12th with 25 points after 24 matches each.
The match was defined by discipline and a single moment of quality. T. Jones collected two yellow cards for Santa Cruz before being sent off in the 36th minute. Despite playing with ten men for more than half the game, the visitors kept their side in it and did not concede. The clean-sheet run came to an end only when N. Zeineddin struck in the 72nd minute.
Iquique created few chances despite having numerical superiority at times. The statistics show zero shots on target and zero attacks recorded, which tells the story of a match where the visitors were content to defend. The home side found no answer to a compact away setup that refused to break.
Further complications arrived in the 57th minute when J. Pereyra was dismissed for the home side. The hosts then tried to respond through substitutions, bringing on F. Alvarado and H. Cavero in the 70th minute. They picked up two bookings in five minutes near the end, but the goal remained out of reach.
The result ends a run of four consecutive matches without a victory for the visitors. Their previous outings included a draw against Union Espanola and losses to Magallanes and San Luis. This win gives them something to build on as the season progresses.
For Iquique, the defeat adds to recent results that showed promise against Puerto-Montt and a draw with Antofagasta, but consistency remains elusive. The statistics suggest a match decided more by structure than attacking intent. Both sides were kept in check by a game that offered little in the way of clear-cut opportunities.
HT🟨14' H. Cavero — Yellow card🟨22' T. Jones — Yellow card🟨36' T. Jones — Yellow card🟥36' T. Jones — Red card🟨39' D. Plaza — Yellow card⇄46' D. Plaza — Substitution🟥57' J. Pereyra — Red card⇄59' B. Barrera — Substitution⇄60' C. Moreno — Substitution🟨65' G. Alucema — Yellow card⇄69' A. Ramos — Substitution⇄69' A. Venezia — Substitution⇄70' F. Alvarado — Substitution⇄70' H. Cavero — Substitution⚽72' N. Zeineddin — Goal⇄78' B. Garrido — Substitution🟨85' V. Concha — Yellow card🟨86' D. Tati — Yellow card⇄89' F. Orellana — Substitution🟨90+4' Yellow card🟨90+7' Yellow card
W22 Aug · Away Deportes Puerto Montt · 4:0L30 Aug · Home San Luis FC · 0:1L4 Sep · Away Santiago Wanderers · 0:1L10 Sep · Home Deportes Santa Cruz · 0:1W15 Sep · Away Rangers de Talca · 2:1D24 Sep · Home Antofagasta · 1:1
L22 Aug · Away Magallanes CF · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Union San Felipe · 0:0D5 Sep · Home Unión Española · 1:1W10 Sep · Away Deportes Iquique · 1:0D14 Sep · Home Recoleta · 0:0L24 Sep · Away O'Higgins · 1:2
