CA Atlanta
- Atlanta finished second in Zone A of the division in 2025 with 55 points and are a side with a solid home record.
- Atlanta will be well organised under new boss Cristian Pellerano, a pragmatic midfielder by trade, who will be keen to build on the defensive solidity that his team produced in 2025 and sharpen the attack.
Quilmes Atletico Club
- Quilmes also have some new attacking talent this season and will be looking to make a statement with an upset or even a draw here.
- Gabriel Carabajal has been a new signing for Quilmes and looks to be a decent acquisition because he provides a bit of creativity and an eye for the late run.
- Quilmes won’t have the same kind of control in central areas because coach Alfredo Grelak’s teams are usually very compact, sitting deep and looking to get numbers behind the ball to disrupt the opposition.
Head-to-Head
The matchup of midfielders Marcos Echeverría and Federico Bisanz will be crucial as they will have to control the ball and prevent Quilmes from playing through the middle, while also supplying Atlanta’s danger man Lautaro Fedele , who scored twice against Quilmes in March 2025 and has a knack for deciding games.
Key Players
- The visitors will need their wingers and midfield ‘workhorses’ to supply service and should look to create enough of a threat from set pieces and counter attacks to trouble Atlanta.
- Lautaro Fedele is Atlanta’s danger man and a decisive presence up front.
Betting Insights
- CA Atlanta are the favorites at 1.8 to beat outsider Quilmes Atletico Club, who are 5.11, with the draw at 2.88 in Monday’s opening game of the Primera Nacional 2026 campaign.
- Under 2.5 goals is heavily favoured at 1.27 here, which seems reasonable given that several of Quilmes’ and Atlanta’s last five competitive matches fell below that mark.
Prediction
- Tight, tense and tense is the most likely scenario.
- A win here would signal to the rest of the league that the Bohemians are in the title race this season, and a defeat or draw would signal Quilmes' intent to challenge for a Reducido spot, so we think this will be a close and tense affair.
