Almagro vs Chacarita Juniors Prediction & Betting Tips (10 October)

Almagro host Chacarita Juniors at the Estadio Tres de Febrero on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in a Primera Nacional group-stage clash between two sides locked in the lower half of the Zone A table. Almagro sit 15th after 31 rounds with just 26 goals scored all season, while Chacarita are 17th on 30 points, so both teams desperately need a win to keep their faint promotion hopes alive. The visitors hold the historical edge in this fixture, having won nine of the 18 previous meetings between the clubs, including a 1-0 victory when the sides last met in May 2026. Bookmakers can barely separate them, with European odds of 2.70 for an Almagro win, 2.75 for the draw and 2.70 for an away victory reflecting just how tight this contest is expected to be.

Almagro arrive in inconsistent form under their current coaching staff. After falling to a 3-1 defeat away to Temperley on September 19 in a match where they twice led through a Brian Negro own-goal opener and a Facundo De La Vega strike, they suffered a 1-0 home loss to Nueva Chicago on September 27, undone by Iván Antunes' eighth-minute goal. They did bounce back last weekend with a superb 2-1 away win at San Martín de San Juan, their first victory in five matches. For the 2026/27 season, Almagro have relied on a settled core built around goalkeeper Emiliano González, defenders Joaquín Flores, Santiago Chamorro, Brian Negro and Nicolás Tolosa, midfielders Enzo Martínez, Juan Fernández Pinto, Tobías Macies and Franco Bustamante, and forwards Facundo De La Vega and Joel Orlando.

Chacarita Juniors, meanwhile, have shown signs of life under manager Módolo. The Funebreros produced their best performance of the campaign on September 20, thrashing Quilmes 3-0 at the Estadio de Chacarita Juniors, before edging Patronato 1-0 on October 4 thanks to a stoppage-time winner from summer signing Mauricio Cuero. The club's 2026/27 squad has been reshaped with the arrivals of Sergio Vittor, Alexis Domínguez, Cuero and Cristian Guanca, and their likely line-up features Federico Losas in goal; Milton Leyendeker, Vittor, Nicolás Pantaleone and Nicolás Chávez in defence; Tomás Pérez and Álvaro Cuello in midfield; Maximiliano Meléndez, Guanca and Mario Sanabria in support of Domínguez up front.

Taking everything into account, this has all the ingredients of a tense, low-quality stalemate. Almagro have failed to score in two of their last three home matches and have not scored more than once at the Tres de Febrero in weeks, while Chacarita have managed just one goal in their last five away games. With both attacks misfiring, the draw priced at a tempting 2.75 in European odds, and neither side willing to risk defeat in the relegation battle, our prediction for Almagro vs Chacarita Juniors is a 0:0 draw — a result that would do little to help either club's season but accurately reflects their struggles in the final th