- Standings: Gimnasia Y Esgrima de Jujuy are the top Primera Nacional 2026 side with 37 points from 19 games, against Chacarita Juniors' 22 points and 26th spot.
- Form: Gimnasia are in better form with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in their last 5 matches in all competitions, while Chacarita have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3 in the same period.
Chacarita can land a punch, but Gimnasia will hit back
Odds and betting:
Gimnasia Y Esgrima de Jujuy are odds-on favourites at 1.51 to beat Chacarita Juniors, who are as long as 6.8 to get something out of the game at Estadio 23 de Agosto on Sunday. The draw comes in at 3.55 and could be a good investment if Chacarita can get lucky, but our preferred bet is Under 2.5 goals at 1.54 as neither side will want to open the game up.
Head-to-head and form:
The head-to-head record is fairly even in Primera Nacional 2026 with both sides having won two of the last five meetings and one draw, but Chacarita Juniors landed the decisive punch when they last met four months ago, beating Gimnasia Jujuy 3-1 in the home game. The home side are in much better form coming into this, however, having won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five matches in all competitions.
Chacarita are in mixed-to-poor form, however, with only one win in their last five and one goal in the last two, although that win was an important 1-0 away at San Martin San Juan. But it came on the back of a 0-0 home draw against struggling Tristan Suarez.
Hernan Pellerano has turned Gimnasia into a solid and pragmatic side with a compact structure and plenty of punch in midfield and wide areas, while Octavio Bianchi has caught fire in the final third with three goals in his last five appearances.
Cagey game likely with Gimnasia Jujuy to edge it
Cristian Emilio Grabinski is looking to keep things tight and strike on the counter, so this should be a tense and close game with plenty of chances likely to go begging. Chacarita Juniors are likely to be tough opponents, however, as they are a team that likes to sit deep, use the width and try to catch opponents on the break, so it may come down to who wins the midfield battle on the day.
Gimnasia should edge it, but with Chacarita Juniors' counter-attacking threat and the head-to-head history being so even, our selection for the match is Under 2.5 at 1.54 and we cannot see these two sides playing an open game.
- Octavio Bianchi's three goals in his last 5 appearances has coincided with Gimnasia hitting 10 goals in their last 5 games, so he looks a good option to score at any time on Sunday.
- Cristian Menendez has been in good goalscoring form for Gimnasia with five Primera Nacional 2026 goals from 15 matches this term and is their best hope of a goal in this one, while Maximiliano Melendez's five in 19 matches makes him Chacarita's biggest threat.
