CA Patronato

vs

Gimnasia y Tiro

Preview

Patronato (home)

• Patronato currently occupy 22nd on 1 point following their opening day 0-0 draw away to San Martin Tucuman.
• Patronato have no standout goal-scorer and have relied on their physicality to play the second ball and their set-piece specialists to try to unlock the deadlock in their opening game against San Martin Tucuman, but may need to be more positive on home soil to try and take all 3 points on Saturday.

Gimnasia y Tiro (away)

• Gimnasia y Tiro currently occupy 7th spot in Primera Nacional 2026 on 3 points after a 2-1 opening day victory over CA Colegiales.
• Fernando Quiroz’s Gimnasia y Tiro setup are a much more defence-first unit than Patronato and have been well drilled since Quiroz took the helm in 2025.

Head-to-Head

• Gimnasia y Tiro were 2-1 victors over CA Patronato in their last Primera Nacional 2025 meeting, however, they failed to win either of their last two visits to Patronato’s home stadium.
• The form guide and recent head-to-head record suggests a close game on Saturday (W1, D1, L1).

Key Players

• Lautaro Gordillo is the danger man for Gimnasia y Tiro this season, netting 2 goals in their opening league match and scoring 2 of their last 6 team goals.
• Ruben Forestello has adopted a pragmatic, direct approach to the game that has been perfectly suited to the physical nature of Patronato’s midfielders and ability to disrupt play in the air and in transitions.

Betting Insights

• With the bookies odds on the under 2.5 goals market being 1.26, we can be fairly certain that we’ll see a tight game on Saturday.
• CA Patronato to win at 2.46 is slightly underwhelming considering they have home advantage, Gimnasia y Tiro to win at 3.34 looks like a good opportunity given they are in form, while the Draw at 2.54 looks appealing given the low odds on the under 2.5 goal line.

Prediction