Sarmiento Junin v Huracan — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Liga Profesional · Sunday, 16 August 2026 · 19:00. Final score 2–0 (half-time 1–0). Before kick-off we rated it 66% 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 goals34%66%Under
Over 3.5 goals15%85%no pick
Both teams to score42%58%No

The result model puts Sarmiento Junin at 34%, the draw at 32% and Huracan at 34%, from expected goals of 0.92 and 0.92.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals3.1030%34%+4%
Under 2.5 goals1.3670%66%-4%
Both teams to score2.3839%42%+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: Sarmiento Junin 3.30, draw 2.80, Huracan 2.55.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Liga Profesional has produced over 2.5 goals in 33% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Sarmiento Junin have 11 in 20 this season (5 of 10 at home), Huracan 7 in 22 (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 43% 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 36%.

Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. 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 37%.

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 28%, from expected goals of 0.92 for Sarmiento Junin and 0.92 for Huracan. Folding in 30% of that view gives 34%.

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
Sarmiento Junin2055%20%50%
Huracan2232%9%45%

Head to head

14 Feb 26Huracan 1–0 Sarmiento JuninU2.5
5 Oct 24Huracan 3–1 Sarmiento JuninO2.5
21 May 23Sarmiento Junin 0–0 HuracanU2.5
12 Aug 22Huracan 4–1 Sarmiento JuninO2.5

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