Llaneros v Fortaleza FC — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera A · Tuesday, 4 August 2026. Final score 3–1 (half-time 2–1). Before kick-off we rated it 64% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 4, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals35%65%Under
Over 3.5 goals17%83%no pick
Both teams to score50%50%No

The result model puts Llaneros at 45%, the draw at 29% and Fortaleza FC at 26%, from expected goals of 1.24 and 0.86.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Primera A has produced over 2.5 goals in 44% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Llaneros have 4 in 21 this season (2 of 10 at home), Fortaleza FC 9 in 21 (4 of 10 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 32% and 43%.

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 39%.

Head to head. These sides have met 3 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 0%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 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 35%, from expected goals of 1.24 for Llaneros and 0.86 for Fortaleza FC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 35%.

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
Llaneros2119%10%48%
Fortaleza FC2143%14%71%

Head to head

27 Jan 26Fortaleza FC 1–1 LlanerosU2.5
5 Oct 25Llaneros 0–0 Fortaleza FCU2.5
18 Apr 25Fortaleza FC 1–0 LlanerosU2.5

More: Llaneros season stats · Fortaleza FC season stats · Primera A table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.