Instituto Cordoba v San Lorenzo — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Liga Profesional · Tuesday, 1 September 2026 · 01:15. Final score 1–0 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 77% 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 goals23%77%Under
Over 3.5 goals8%92%no pick
Both teams to score38%62%No

The result model puts Instituto Cordoba at 35%, the draw at 39% and San Lorenzo at 26%, from expected goals of 0.76 and 0.61.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.8833%23%-10%
Under 2.5 goals1.4067%77%+10%
Both teams to score2.5038%38%+0%

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: Instituto Cordoba 1.90, draw 3.10, San Lorenzo 4.50.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Liga Profesional has produced over 2.5 goals in 34% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Instituto Cordoba have 6 in 22 this season (5 of 10 at home), San Lorenzo 3 in 23 (0 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 34% and 21%.

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 29%.

Head to head. These sides have met 4 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 0%. 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 26%.

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 16%, from expected goals of 0.76 for Instituto Cordoba and 0.61 for San Lorenzo. Folding in 30% of that view gives 23%.

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
Instituto Cordoba2227%5%36%
San Lorenzo2313%9%30%

Head to head

24 Feb 26San Lorenzo 1–1 Instituto CordobaU2.5
23 Aug 25San Lorenzo 1–0 Instituto CordobaU2.5
18 Feb 25Instituto Cordoba 0–1 San LorenzoU2.5
6 Oct 24Instituto Cordoba 2–0 San LorenzoU2.5
20 May 23San Lorenzo 2–0 Instituto CordobaU2.5

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