Colon Santa Fe v San Telmo — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera Nacional · Sunday, 9 August 2026. Final score 1–0 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 72% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 1, so that call landed. 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 goals28%72%Under
Over 3.5 goals12%88%no pick
Both teams to score37%63%No

The result model puts Colon Santa Fe at 47%, the draw at 33% and San Telmo at 20%, from expected goals of 1.08 and 0.59.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Primera Nacional has produced over 2.5 goals in 29% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Colon Santa Fe have 7 in 23 this season (4 of 11 at home), San Telmo 7 in 22 (3 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 31% and 30%.

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 30%.

Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 20%. 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 29%.

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 24%, from expected goals of 1.08 for Colon Santa Fe and 0.59 for San Telmo. Folding in 30% of that view gives 28%.

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
Colon Santa Fe2330%13%43%
San Telmo2232%18%36%

Head to head

22 Mar 26San Telmo 3–1 Colon Santa FeO2.5
16 Aug 25San Telmo 1–0 Colon Santa FeU2.5
14 Apr 25Colon Santa Fe 0–1 San TelmoU2.5
12 Oct 24Colon Santa Fe 0–1 San TelmoU2.5
25 May 24San Telmo 2–0 Colon Santa FeU2.5

More: Colon Santa Fe season stats · San Telmo season stats · Primera Nacional table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.