Unión Española lost 0:3 to Antofagasta in the Primera B regular season, stage 19, on 7 August 2026. The visitors took all three points with a performance that was clinical when it mattered. They opened the scoring just before half-time and never looked back after that.
A. Cuadra found the net in the 45th minute plus three, catching the hosts on the break. Half-time brought a change for Antofagasta with F. Ratotti coming on. The visitors did not need long to make their presence felt again in the second half.
J. D. Bandez doubled the lead in the 76th minute after two substitutions had been made for both sides. S. Leyton added a third in the 80th minute, and that was enough to settle the contest. Unión Española made nothing of their possession, which stood at 50 percent alongside their opponents.
The statistics tell a story of efficiency rather than dominance. Antofagasta registered nine shots on target against Unión Española's two, and that gap in accuracy decided the match. Both teams attacked with similar frequency, but the visitors converted their chances while the hosts could not.
Unión Española remain seventh on 35 points from 24 games, with ten wins, five draws and nine defeats. Antofagasta sit third on 38 points, having won ten matches and drawn eight. The result extends the visitors' momentum after their 5:1 win over Unión San Felipe last weekend.