Deportes Limache turn O'Higgins' dominance into three points
O'Higgins hosted Deportes Limache in the Primera División on Saturday evening and lost 1:3. The visitors had already climbed to sixth place with 33 points after this result, while the hosts remained 11th on 27 points from 22 matches each.
D. Escobar opened the scoring for Deportes Limache in the eighth minute, and Jean David doubled their lead just before the quarter-hour mark. O'Higgins pressed hard and forced a response through L. Pavez in the 62nd minute, but G. Sosa had already restored the two-goal cushion before that, striking in the 76th minute.
And here's the thing about this match — O'Higgins controlled 67 per cent of possession and completed 396 of their 473 passes, yet Deportes Limache created three big chances against one. The visitors shot with 50 per cent accuracy, while the hosts managed only 40. Eight shots on target for O'Higgins yielded a single goal; seven on target for Deportes Limache produced three.
By then the pattern was clear. O'Higgins threw 14 tackles and won 10, but Deportes Limache's 37 clearances told the story of sustained pressure. The hosts recorded 103 attacks and 36 crosses, while the visitors managed 61 attacks and 22 crosses. Yet the visitors found their moments.
Ten yellow cards were shown in total — four for O'Higgins, two for Deportes Limache, with four others unattributed in the data. The hosts made five substitutions while the visitors made four, with L. Valencia Rossel coming on late for Deportes Limache in the 91st minute.
The result ended a run of three consecutive wins for O'Higgins, who had beaten Deportes La Serena, Boca Juniors and Concepción in succession. Deportes Limache's recent form had been mixed, with losses to Deportes Iquique and Colo-Colo before this victory.