Independ. Rivadavia v Rosario Central — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Liga Profesional · Monday, 23 March 2026. Final score 2–0 (half-time 2–0). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 39% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals39%61%Under
Over 3.5 goals15%85%no pick
Both teams to score44%56%No

The result model puts Independ. Rivadavia at 16%, the draw at 26% and Rosario Central at 57%, from expected goals of 0.68 and 1.53.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Liga Profesional has produced over 2.5 goals in 32% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Independ. Rivadavia have 6 in 10 this season (4 of 6 at home), Rosario Central 4 in 10 (2 of 5 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 40% and 35%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 10 and 10 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 38% and 34%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 35%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 38%, from expected goals of 0.68 for Independ. Rivadavia and 1.53 for Rosario Central. Folding in 30% of that view gives 36%.

Calibration. Tested against 97,729 past matches, our ratings below 55% have run consistently too pessimistic — a figure in the high 30s, for instance, has come in about four points higher. So ratings in that range are lifted part-way back, giving 39%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Independ. Rivadavia1060%20%80%
Rosario Central1040%0%50%

Head to head

5 Nov 24Independ. Rivadavia 1–1 Rosario CentralU2.5

More: Independ. Rivadavia season stats · Rosario Central season stats · Liga Profesional table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.