- Home form: Colegiales have won 7, drawn 4 and lost just 1 of their 12 Primera Nacional 2026 home games.
- Away form: Maipu have won only 3 of 13 Primera Nacional 2026 away matches (D3, L7).
- Head-to-head: Maipu have won 2 of the last 3 meetings and claimed a 3-1 victory in the last Primera Nacional 2026 head-to-head.
Home advantage should hold for Colegiales
Club Atletico Colegiales will have to hold firm at home to CD Maipu on Saturday if they are to keep their survival hopes alive in Primera Nacional 2026. El Tricolor sit 22nd in the table on 31 points from 25 matches and every point from here on in will count in their bid to stay in the second division.
Colegiales are in mixed form, having won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five games. The two most recent results have been a pair of mixed performances, but they could easily have picked up three points from a game they drew 2-2 at home with Patronato de Parana before a 2-0 away defeat to CA San Miguel and 0-0 away draw at Almagro.
Maipu arrive on the back of a two-game winning streak in Primera Nacional 2026, so have a slight edge in the standings, but they are by no means a dominant force in the division. Botellero are 12th on 38 points from 26 games, which is eight points and five places better than Colegiales, but it is not by a mile that they are better.
Leonel Ortiz can be a spark for Colegiales
Key players
Nicolas Toloza, with five Primera Nacional 2026 goals in 24 appearances, is still the club's top scorer and will be the main danger man for Maipu to contend with. Juan Gobetto, with seven in 23 Primera Nacional 2026 matches, is the equivalent for CD Maipu and a man they will want to get onto the ball as much as possible.
- Leonel Alejandro Ortiz has chipped in with 2 goals in the club's last five matches, making him a useful outlet from a compact 4-3-3 setup in which they like to keep it simple.
Tactical setups
Leonardo Fernandez, who took over as Colegiales coach on 1st July 2023, likes to set his team up to be compact and difficult to break down. Maipu, under the guidance of Mariano Raul Echeverria since 7 April 2026, are more direct and results-focused, so we could see a bit of a chess match in the centre of the field.
Maipu can make this a cagey affair
Backing Colegiales at 2.12 looks the right bet here as they are the home team and have been pretty solid in front of their own fans this season. Maipu have done some good road results in Primera Nacional 2026, but also some bad ones (W1, L2 in their last three on the road) and are not the obvious pick at 3.76.
The draw, at 2.85, is also a possibility given Colegiales have not won this home clash, giving the visitors a mental advantage. But our top pick is for the home side to edge it by the smallest margin, although Under 2.5 goals at 1.39 looks more likely as neither side will want to let this game get away from them.
