Santa Fe v Jaguares — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera A · Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · 02:05. Our rating makes this 49% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Primera A average is 44%.

Open this match in the app →

Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals49%51%Under
Over 3.5 goals25%75%no pick
Both teams to score49%51%No

The result model puts Santa Fe at 64%, the draw at 22% and Jaguares at 14%, from expected goals of 1.85 and 0.74.

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. Santa Fe have 13 in 26 this season (8 of 13 at home), Jaguares 11 in 23 (6 of 11 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 49% and 47%.

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 47%.

Head to head. These sides have met 3 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 67%. 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 49%.

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 48%, from expected goals of 1.85 for Santa Fe and 0.74 for Jaguares. Folding in 30% of that view gives 49%.

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
Santa Fe2650%27%73%
Jaguares2348%26%48%

Head to head

17 Feb 26Jaguares 3–1 Santa FeO2.5
15 Nov 24Santa Fe 3–0 JaguaresO2.5
28 Apr 24Jaguares 1–0 Santa FeU2.5
20 Jul 23Santa Fe 1–0 JaguaresU2.5
27 Jan 23Jaguares 2–2 Santa FeO2.5
17 Oct 22Jaguares 2–1 Santa FeO2.5

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