Deportes Copiapo 2-1 A. Italiano – Result & Analysis

Poisson rates Deportes Copiapo at 37% — recent form provides partial corroboration, though signals are mixed in this Deportes Copiapo vs A. Italiano encounter.

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Pre-Match Analysis

Deportes Copiapo and A. Italiano meet at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla in Primera División (matchday 14). This fixture gets under way on Sunday 26 May 2024 at 21:00 UK time.

Form & Momentum

Deportes Copiapo have collected 1.60 PPG across their last 10 games: 4W 4D 2L. Last five: W L D D W. Offensively they are averaging 1.60 goals per game, with 1.20 conceded. 1 clean sheet from 10 outings (10%). Both teams have scored in 70% of their games — a high BTTS rate that carries real weight in the goals markets.

At home, Deportes Copiapo have gone 6W 2D 2L in their last 10 home games (2.00 PPG). At home they are averaging 1.60 goals scored and 1.40 conceded per game. BTTS has landed in 60% of their home matches — a rate that supports the Yes angle in this fixture.

A. Italiano (all games): 3W 1D 6L across their last 10 — 1.00 points per game. Last five: W W L L L. Their scoring rate of 0.90 per game is modest, conceding 1.50 — not a side to back heavily on the Over 2.5 from their form alone. 1 clean sheet from 10 outings (10%).

When travelling, A. Italiano have posted 4W 0D 6L from their last 10 away outings — 1.20 PPG. Away from home they average 1.50 goals scored and 1.80 conceded per game.

Form favours the hosts. Deportes Copiapo's 1.60 PPG return is 0.60 points per game ahead of A. Italiano's 1.00 — a genuine gap in recent results that provides a statistically grounded case for backing the home side.

H2H Analysis

Neither side has dominated the 2 H2H matches in our data: 1 wins for Deportes Copiapo, 1 for A. Italiano and 0 draws — leaving the H2H largely neutral. With only 2 H2H matches to go on, treat this as a light input.

The 2 H2H matches in our data averaged 2.0 goals per game — a neutral rate that gives no strong lean on the goals market from the H2H alone. The most recent of those, on 16 Jul 2023, ended Deportes Copiapo 1–0 A. Italiano — a Deportes Copiapo win.

The head-to-head data offers no strong steer in either the result or goals markets. Form, the model and current market pricing should carry more weight for this fixture.

Trading Data

Deportes Copiapo goal-timing and half-time pattern breakdown (last 30 games, 15 of them at home): at least one goal arrives before half-time in 80% of their matches in home games; when goalless at HT, a second-half goal follows 71% of the time; of the 8 games they led at half-time, they failed to win 38%; BTTS occurs in 67% of their matches (home games); Over 2.5 goals lands in 53% of games (home games); they fail to score in 33% of games.

A. Italiano goal-timing and half-time pattern breakdown (last 30 games, 15 of them away): at least one goal arrives before half-time in 67% of their matches in away games; when goalless at HT, a second-half goal follows 86% of the time; two or more arrive in the second half on 57% of those occasions; of the 12 games they led at half-time, they failed to win 33%; BTTS occurs in 60% of their matches (away games); Over 2.5 goals lands in 60% of games (away games); they fail to score in 30% of games.

BTTS rates are mixed from the trading data — Deportes Copiapo 53% versus A. Italiano 50%; no strong lean in either direction. The over/under 2.5 picture is inconclusive from the in-play data (Deportes Copiapo 43% | A. Italiano 53%).

Poisson Model

The Poisson distribution model projects Deportes Copiapo 1.23 xG and A. Italiano 1.21 xG. These expected goals figures are the primary input: they feed a goal-probability matrix across all scoreline combinations to derive the result and market probabilities below. Underlying strength ratings: Deportes Copiapo attack 1.104 / defence 0.801 | A. Italiano attack 1.057 / defence 0.736. League average goals — home 1.515 / away 1.424. A. Italiano bring a tight defence (rating 0.736, below 1 = concedes less than average) — this is pulling Deportes Copiapo's projected output down. Data: built from Deportes Copiapo's last 43 games and A. Italiano's last 43.

Result probabilities: Deportes Copiapo 37% | Draw 27% | A. Italiano 36%. Fair-value odds: Deportes Copiapo 2.71 | Draw 3.65 | A. Italiano 2.80. This is a low-confidence result — no outcome reaches 45%. The draw at 27% is a primary outcome, not an afterthought.

Goals markets: Over 2.5 probability 44% | BTTS Yes probability 50% | Total xG 2.44. Under 2.5 has a narrow probability edge at 56% — total xG of 2.44 is below the line but not decisively so. BTTS Yes at 50% is only a slight lean — neither team is projected to score with enough certainty to make Yes a clear standalone call.

Verdict

The Poisson model's primary lean is Deportes Copiapo at 37% — marginal model lean. Recent form corroborates the Poisson lean — partial multi-source support. Draw probability of 27% warrants consideration of Double Chance or Draw No Bet on Deportes Copiapo if the outright odds are short. The opposing side holds a 36% win probability per the model — this is not a banker and should be staked accordingly.

On the goals line, Poisson's 2.44 combined xG gives a 56% probability to Under 2.5 — low conviction — though recent form (Deportes Copiapo's last 10 home games and A. Italiano's last 10 away games) averaging 3.1 goals per game points the other way.

The Poisson model's BTTS call is No at 50%. Form rates are neutral — both teams scored in: Deportes Copiapo 60% (last 10 home games) | A. Italiano 50% (last 10 away games).

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