CA Estudiantes v Chacarita Juniors — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera Nacional · Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 23:00. Final score 2–0 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 73% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 2, 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 goals27%73%Under
Over 3.5 goals8%92%no pick
Both teams to score37%63%No

The result model puts CA Estudiantes at 47%, the draw at 32% and Chacarita Juniors at 21%, from expected goals of 1.1 and 0.64.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals3.4028%27%-1%
Under 2.5 goals1.3372%73%+1%
Both teams to score2.7534%37%+3%

Implied percentages have the bookmaker's margin removed, so they add to 100 and can be compared with our rating directly. Edge is simply the gap between the two. A positive edge means our model thinks the outcome is likelier than the price suggests — it is not a tip, and a high probability with a negative edge is a poor bet however safe it looks. Prices are a pre-match snapshot from a single bookmaker and move constantly.

Match odds: CA Estudiantes 1.85, draw 3.10, Chacarita Juniors 5.00.

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. CA Estudiantes have 6 in 24 this season (3 of 12 at home), Chacarita Juniors 5 in 23 (2 of 12 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 27% and 24%.

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 27%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 33%. 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 27%.

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 25%, from expected goals of 1.1 for CA Estudiantes and 0.64 for Chacarita Juniors. Folding in 30% of that view gives 27%.

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
CA Estudiantes2425%0%33%
Chacarita Juniors2322%9%30%

Head to head

29 Mar 26Chacarita Juniors 0–3 CA EstudiantesO2.5
3 Aug 25Chacarita Juniors 0–3 CA EstudiantesO2.5
29 Mar 25CA Estudiantes 0–2 Chacarita JuniorsU2.5
27 Jul 24Chacarita Juniors 1–1 CA EstudiantesU2.5
9 Mar 24CA Estudiantes 0–0 Chacarita JuniorsU2.5
8 Oct 23Chacarita Juniors 1–1 CA EstudiantesU2.5

More: CA Estudiantes season stats · Chacarita Juniors season stats · Primera Nacional table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.