CA Estudiantes v Ferro Carril Oeste — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera Nacional · Sunday, 30 August 2026 · 19:30. Our rating makes this 31% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Primera Nacional average is 30%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals31%69%Under
Over 3.5 goals12%88%no pick
Both teams to score38%62%No

The result model puts CA Estudiantes at 30%, the draw at 31% and Ferro Carril Oeste at 39%, from expected goals of 0.88 and 1.06.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Primera Nacional has produced over 2.5 goals in 30% 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 25 this season (3 of 13 at home), Ferro Carril Oeste 10 in 25 (5 of 13 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 26% and 35%.

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 3 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 31%.

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 31%, from expected goals of 0.88 for CA Estudiantes and 1.06 for Ferro Carril Oeste. Folding in 30% of that view gives 31%.

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 Estudiantes2524%0%32%
Ferro Carril Oeste2540%16%44%

Head to head

12 Apr 26Ferro Carril Oeste 0–1 CA EstudiantesU2.5
23 Jun 24Ferro Carril Oeste 2–2 CA EstudiantesO2.5
3 Feb 24CA Estudiantes 1–0 Ferro Carril OesteU2.5
9 Jul 23CA Estudiantes 1–2 Ferro Carril OesteO2.5
5 Mar 23Ferro Carril Oeste 0–2 CA EstudiantesU2.5
5 Jun 22CA Estudiantes 1–2 Ferro Carril OesteO2.5

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