Temperley vs Gimnasia Jujuy: Match Preview, Predictions and Betting Tips
Published on Thursday, 01 October 2026 by Steve
Temperley vs Gimnasia Jujuy
Argentina Primera Nacional Prediction & Betting Tips
Match Overview
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Historia del Club Atletico Temperley: Temperley vs. Gimnasia de Jujuy
When Matchday 32 of the 2026 Primera Nacional Zona B kicks off at the Estadio Alfredo Martín Beranger on Saturday afternoon, second place will be visiting third place with the direct promotion race hanging in the balance. Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy arrive in the south of Buenos Aires province sitting on 54 points, one point and one place above Temperley, who have 53. Leaders Tristán Suárez (57 points) will be watching from a distance, knowing that whatever happens in Temperley will shape the run-in to the Torneo Reducido and the fight for the zone final that carries a shot at automatic promotion to the Liga Profesional. Temperley know the terrain better than anyone: they have already beaten Tristán Suárez 1-0 at this ground in 2026, a result that announced their candidacy and still shapes the title race today, as analysed in our Temperley vs Tristán Suárez prediction. For the Gasolero, this is a genuine six-pointer: win and they leapfrog the Lobo into second place; lose and they risk being dragged back towards fourth-placed Atlético Atlanta.
The stylistic contrast could hardly be sharper. Temperley have built their campaign on the meanest defence in Zona B — just 25 goals conceded in 31 rounds, backed by ten clean sheets — while Gimnasia Jujuy own the most productive attack among the promotion contenders with 47 goals scored. Nicolás Domingo's side have turned the Beranger into a fortress, winning eight of their thirteen home league matches this season, including a 4-1 dismantling of Güemes and the statement win over Club Atlético Güemes that underlined their firepower when everything clicks. Their away form is more modest, as the recent goalless draw at Agropecuario and last weekend's 1-0 defeat at Deportivo Maipú reminded everyone, which is precisely why home fixtures like this one are non-negotiable. Gimnasia, meanwhile, are unbeaten in five league games under Hernán Pellerano but have drawn three of those five, a habit of dropping points in tight games that has allowed Tristán Suárez to open a three-point gap at the top.
History adds a fascinating layer to this fixture. Remarkably, across eleven competitive meetings dating back to 1975, Temperley and Gimnasia Jujuy have never drawn — seven wins for the Lobo, four for the Gasolero — and the most recent chapter was written in May, when Gimnasia took the reverse fixture 1-0 at the Estadio 23 de Agosto. Temperley will frame this as revenge and redemption; Gimnasia will see it as proof they know how to win this matchup. The chasing pack keeps the pressure on, too: Atlético Atlanta (52 points) and Gimnasia y Tiro (48) are both close enough to punish any slip from either side, with Atlanta just a single point behind Temperley. With four rounds remaining after this one, neither team can afford the luxury of caution — yet neither can afford the chaos of an open game either.
Tactical Preview
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Formation & Key Matchups
Temperley (4-2-3-1)
Nicolás Domingo has settled on a disciplined 4-2-3-1 that prioritises structure over spectacle. The double pivot of Adrián Arregui and Luciano Nieto screens a back four marshalled by veteran centre-back Rodrigo Mazur, with full-backs Lucas Angelini and Iago Iriarte asked to defend first and arrive late in support. In possession Temperley are patient rather than penetrating: Mathías Lugo operates as the number ten between the lines, Fernando Brandán provides left-sided delivery, and Pedro Souto attacks the right half-space, arriving in the box to finish the moves he so often starts. Gabriel Hauche, even at 39, remains the reference point up front — his hold-up play is the platform for everything else. The numbers tell the story: 25 goals conceded is the best defensive record in Zona B, and ten clean sheets reflect a side that treats a 0-0 away from home as a perfectly acceptable outcome, exactly the mentality that produced their recent goalless draw at Agropecuario and kept them in every tight home game this season.
Gimnasia Jujuy (4-4-2)
Hernán Pellerano, a former Lobo idol who took charge in November 2025, has restored an aggressive, front-foot identity to Gimnasia. The 4-4-2 that worked so well in the 6-1 thrashing of Almagro and the 2-0 defeat of Patronato at the 23 de Agosto is built around the bustling strike partnership of Octavio Bianchi and Abel Argañaraz, with Francisco Molina drifting inside from the right to become the chief creator — he leads the club's assist charts in 2026. Matías Noble and Joaquín Trasante supply the midfield platform. At home Gimnasia press high and overwhelm teams; away, as in the recent 1-1 draw at Deportivo Maipú on Matchday 30 and the 2-1 win at Almagro, they have been more measured, ceding territory and relying on transitions. That pragmatism explains both their unbeaten five-match run and the three draws inside it — and why the coaching staff already has one eye on the Fecha 33 clásico against Gimnasia y Tiro that follows this trip.
Critical Vulnerability
The critical battleground is Gimnasia's rest defence. The Lobo have conceded 38 goals this season — thirteen more than Temperley — and when their full-backs push high to support Molina and Bianchi, the space in behind becomes a corridor for Souto and Brandán to sprint into. Temperley's 1-0 home win over leaders Tristán Suárez was a masterclass in exactly this: absorb, spring, punish. Conversely, Temperley carry their own risk: a veteran forward line led by the 39-year-old Hauche can be isolated if Lugo is nullified, and their one horrid home afternoon of 2026 — the 0-5 collapse against Deportivo Maipú — showed what happens when the midfield screen is bypassed early. The first goal will be decisive: Gimnasia have not lost after scoring first this season, while Temperley have won all but one of the games in which they reached half-time ahead at the Beranger.
Team News & Squad Status
Temperley 🟢🟢⚪🟢🔴
- Head coach Nicolás Domingo has constructed the meanest defence in Zona B: just 25 goals conceded in 31 rounds, with ten clean sheets.
- Veteran goalkeeper Ezequiel Mastrolía (35) and centre-back Rodrigo Mazur (34) anchor a settled back line in front of the experienced double pivot of Adrián Arregui (34) and Luciano Nieto (35).
- Pedro Souto leads Temperley's scoring charts in 2026 — including the winner in the 1-0 home victory over leaders Tristán Suárez — with Franco Benítez the side's most productive assist provider.
- Striker Gabriel Hauche (39) and winger Fernando Brandán (36) supply priceless experience in the final third, ably supported by youngsters Mathías Lugo, Julián Carrasco and Facundo Krüger.
- No fresh suspensions reported; Domingo is expected to name an unchanged spine from the side that beat Almagro 3-1 on Matchday 30, with the Maipú defeat having prompted a tactical rather than personnel response.
Gimnasia Jujuy ⚪🟢🟢⚪⚪
- Hernán Pellerano took over in November 2025 after the departure of Matías Módolo, with former goalkeeper Julio Chiarini installed as general manager to oversee squad planning.
- Octavio Bianchi has developed into the Lobo's attacking reference in 2026, leading the line superbly within the division's most productive attack among the promotion contenders, with veteran Abel Argañaraz alongside him.
- Francisco Molina, retained from the 2025 squad, is the creative hub and the club's top assist provider in 2026.
- Goalkeeper Milton Álvarez was secured until the end of 2026 and remains first choice behind a back four in which Martín Lazarte has grown in authority.
- Midfielders Daniel Juárez and Fernando Duré departed in the off-season; Pellerano chose continuity otherwise, and his upcoming schedule — including the Matchday 34 trip to Nueva Chicago — may influence how long he leaves his key men on the pitch.
Predicted Lineups
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| Temperley (4-2-3-1) | Gimnasia Jujuy (4-4-2) |
|---|---|
| GK: Ezequiel Mastrolía | GK: Milton Álvarez |
| DEF: Lucas Angelini, Rodrigo Mazur, Oswaldo Pacheco, Iago Iriarte | DEF: Franco Camargo, Bruno Palazzo, Martín Lazarte, Nicolás Dematei |
| DM: Adrián Arregui, Luciano Nieto | CM: Matías Noble, Joaquín Trasante |
| AM: Pedro Souto, Mathías Lugo, Fernando Brandán | WG: Francisco Molina, Hugo Soria |
| FW: Gabriel Hauche | FW: Octavio Bianchi, Abel Argañaraz |
Head-to-Head Record
This is one of Argentine football's most quietly extraordinary head-to-head records. Since the clubs first met in 1975, Temperley and Gimnasia Jujuy have faced each other eleven times in competitive football — and not a single one of those games has ended in a draw. The Lobo hold the historical edge with seven wins to Temperley's four, a dominance built largely on their formidable home record at the altitude and fervour of the Estadio 23 de Agosto. The modern chapters have been equally uncompromising: across the last five meetings since 2018 the honours read three wins for Gimnasia and two for Temperley, every one of them decided by fine margins. The most recent collision came on Matchday 14 of this very season, in mid-May, when Gimnasia ground out a 1-0 home win in Jujuy — a result that still stings in Temperley and gives Saturday's fixture its unmistakable revenge narrative.
Temperley's four wins in the fixture have almost all come at the Beranger, where the tight dimensions and vocal home support have repeatedly frustrated northern visitors. Interestingly, the historical pattern of decisive results fits both teams' current profiles perfectly: Gimnasia's last five league matches have produced two wins and three draws, including the Matchday 31 setback of a 2-2 home draw with San Martín de Tucumán that cost them ground at the top, while Temperley have been involved in more one-goal games than any other side in Zona B this season. The Gasolero have not lost to Gimnasia at home in their most recent Beranger meetings, and given what is at stake — second place, momentum, and psychological supremacy in any future Reducido collision — the omens point to another tense, tactical, single-goal contest rather than a goal-fest.
Key Players Comparison
⚡ Pedro Souto — Temperley
Temperley's top scorer in 2026 and the man who settled the 1-0 win over leaders Tristán Suárez. Souto's late runs from the right half-space are the Gasolero's deadliest weapon, and his duel with left-back Nicolás Dematei could decide the match.
🎯 Octavio Bianchi — Gimnasia Jujuy
The spearhead of Gimnasia's 47-goal attack. Bianchi combines penalty-box instincts with selfless link play, and his battle with veteran centre-back Rodrigo Mazur — 34 years old and as wily as they come — is the classic young bull versus old master contest.
🪄 Francisco Molina — Gimnasia Jujuy
The Lobo's assist king in 2026. Molina drifts inside from the right to dictate tempo, and every Gimnasia transition runs through his boots. Adrián Arregui's ability to shadow him may matter more than any other individual assignment.
The individual matchups crystallise the tactical argument. Temperley's route to goal runs through Souto's timing and Brandán's delivery, with Hauche occupying both centre-backs to create the gaps; theirs is a collective, rehearsed mechanism rather than moments of solo brilliance, which is why they have scored only 36 times — modest for a top-three side. Gimnasia are the opposite: Bianchi and Argañaraz can create a goal from a single transition, and Molina's set-piece delivery is a genuine weapon against Temperley's otherwise excellent defence. The suspicion, however, is that individual quality favours the visitors while game-state discipline favours the hosts — and with Atlético Atlanta pressing just a point behind in fourth, Temperley's stars know there is no safety net left this season.
The Managers
Nicolás Domingo
Nicolás Domingo has carved out an increasingly serious coaching reputation in the Primera Nacional, and the 2026 campaign is his best work yet. The former top-flight midfielder has taken a modestly assembled Temperley squad — one of the oldest in Zona B — and turned it into the zone's most resilient defensive unit, conceding just 25 goals in 31 matches. His pragmatism has been vindicated week after week: the 1-0 home win over leaders Tristán Suárez, in which he neutralised the league's form side and struck late, was a tactical calling card, and with Tristán Suárez still having awkward fixtures to navigate, Domingo knows second place is within his team's own grasp.
The lingering criticism of Domingo's Temperley is that conservatism occasionally tips into passivity — the 0-5 home capitulation to Deportivo Maipú remains the season's jarring outlier, and the 36 goals scored rank among the lowest of any top-six side in the division. At home, though, he has found the correct balance: eight wins in thirteen at the Beranger, with clean-sheet victories over Agropecuario, Atlético Rafaela and Tristán Suárez. His in-game management has also improved markedly, as the back-to-back 3-1 home wins over Colegiales and Almagro in September demonstrated. Against Gimnasia he needs no motivational speech — the May defeat in Jujuy, and the table, supply all the fuel required.
Hernán Pellerano
Appointed in November 2025 alongside general manager Julio Chiarini, Hernán Pellerano is attempting to write the latest chapter of a storied playing career in Jujuy from the dugout. The 42-year-old, a former defender and club idol, spent a punishing pre-season at the Papel Noa complex and in Córdoba hammering home his three pillars — identity, idea of play and physical condition — and the early returns have been impressive: Gimnasia have scored 47 goals, produced statement results such as the 6-1 demolition of Almagro and a 3-0 away win over Tristán Suárez, and sat top of Zona B for long stretches. A testing Matchday 34 visit to Nueva Chicago still awaits, but the immediate priority is protecting second place.
The flip side of Pellerano's attacking ambition is defensive leakage: 38 goals conceded is a mid-table defensive record, and the recent sequence of draws — 1-1 at Deportivo Maipú, 2-2 at home to San Martín de Tucumán — exposed a side that dominates territory without always killing games. Pellerano has shown flexibility, tweaking his midfield balance in away fixtures to protect leads, but the habit of conceding the equaliser has cost Gimnasia six points in their last five outings. His teams also remain a work in progress away from the altitude of the 23 de Agosto, where their pressing game is far less effective. At the Beranger, against the division's best defence, the young coach faces arguably the defining tactical examination of his first full season in charge.
Betting Predictions & Tips
Odds: 2.15 (European)
The home side deserve favouritism. Temperley have won eight of thirteen home league games in 2026, have the best defensive record in Zona B, and are facing a Gimnasia side that has drawn three of its last five and travels poorly relative to its home dominance. The market has shortened Temperley to around 2.15 from nearer 2.40 a month ago, but there remains value: the Gasolero have won every home game this season against teams outside the top two, and motivation — revenge for the May defeat plus the chance to move second — is maximal. Stake confidently at 2.15.
Odds: 1.80 (European)
Temperley's home matches are routinely tight: ten clean sheets overall, 25 goals conceded in 31 games, and a string of 1-0 and 2-0 scorelines at the Beranger against exactly this calibre of opponent. The head-to-head history is emphatic — eleven meetings, zero draws, but remarkably few goals, with Gimnasia edging the aggregate only narrowly across half a century of fixtures. Gimnasia's away games have also trended low-scoring of late (1-1 at Maipú, 2-1 at Almagro). At 1.80 the under offers a solid value angle for a fixture that projects as a tactical chess match.
Odds: 2.05 (European)
A natural companion to the under. Temperley have kept clean sheets in almost a third of their league games, and Gimnasia have been blanked in several away fixtures this season despite their attacking numbers — when the Lobo travel, the supply lines to Bianchi are far easier to cut than at home. Domingo's side conceded more than once in a home game only twice all season. Given our projected 1-0 scoreline, BTTS – No at just over even money is a logical, statistically supported selection.
Odds: 6.50 (European)
The exact scoreline we project, and one that the evidence supports strongly. Temperley have already won 1-0 at home this season against Agropecuario and, most tellingly, against leaders Tristán Suárez; Gimnasia's narrow, combative wins in this fixture — including the 1-0 reverse victory in May — underline how these teams match up. At 6.50, a small-stake correct-score play offers an attractive return for what is statistically among the most probable outcomes of the afternoon.
Odds: 3.40 (European)
The Gasolero's most reliable source of goals arrives from the right half-space, and Souto has made that run decisive all season — most famously for the winner against Tristán Suárez. Gimnasia's left side is the more defensively vulnerable flank, and with Gimnasia likely to dominate possession, the counter-attacking channels Souto attacks should open as the second half wears on. For those chasing a bigger price, Souto first goalscorer is available around 7.00 — but the anytime market at 3.40 is the smarter speculative play.
📊 Final Score Prediction
Match Analysis
We expect a game of phases rather than chances. Gimnasia will enjoy the majority of possession in the first half, probing with Molina between the lines and Bianchi testing Mazur's positioning, but Temperley's 4-2-3-1 is engineered precisely for this scenario — a compact mid-block, full-backs tucking in, and Arregui sweeping in front of the centre-backs. The visitors have scored 47 times this season, yet almost none of that production has come against defences as organised as this one away from home. Temperley's threat is quieter but clearer: Brandán's left-footed delivery, Hauche's clever decoy runs, and above all Souto arriving unmarked at the back post. One such move, one second-half moment of quality, is likely to be enough.
The decisive period should arrive after the hour mark. Gimnasia's recent pattern — control without conviction, then the concession of the first goal — has repeated itself in three of their last five outings, and once Temperley score first at the Beranger they are exceptionally difficult to dislodge: they have dropped only two points all season from winning positions at home. Pellerano will throw on attacking reinforcements and the final twenty minutes may be played almost entirely in Temperley's half, but Mastrolía's goal has been breached more than once in a home game on only two occasions all year. We foresee the Gasolero standing firm, the Beranger roaring, and a 1-0 win that vaults Temperley into second place and drags Gimnasia back into a congested chasing pack.
Key Insights & Statistics
- Temperley have conceded just 25 goals in 31 rounds — the best defensive record in Zona B.
- The Gasolero have won eight of their thirteen home league games at the Beranger in 2026.
- Gimnasia Jujuy have scored 47 goals, the most prolific attack among Zona B's promotion contenders.
- Remarkably, none of the previous eleven competitive meetings between these clubs has ended in a draw.
- Gimnasia are unbeaten in five league matches but have drawn three of those five fixtures.
- Temperley have kept ten clean sheets this season; Gimnasia have conceded 38 goals.
- The reverse fixture in May 2026 finished 1-0 to Gimnasia at the Estadio 23 de Agosto.
- Only one point separates second from third; a Temperley win moves them above Gimnasia and within a point of leaders Tristán Suárez.
Conclusion
Few fixtures in the Primera Nacional this weekend carry the combined competitive and narrative weight of this one. Second against third, the league's best home defence against its most productive attack, a head-to-head with no draws in eleven meetings, and a May score still waiting to be answered — Temperley versus Gimnasia Jujuy is appointment viewing for any follower of the Argentine second tier. The prize is tangible: second place, a stronger seeding for the Torneo Reducido, and the psychological blow of beating a direct rival on their own patch.
Our judgement is that context and structure tilt the balance towards the hosts. Temperley's home fortress, their unmatched defensive organisation, and the specific weaponry of Souto against Gimnasia's travel-worn away performances justify favouring Domingo's side, while Gimnasia's habit of drawing winnable away games — three in their last five — is exactly the tendency this fixture punishes. Pellerano has restored pride and ambition to the Lobo, but this particular assignment, at this particular ground, in this particular moment of the season, looks one week too soon for his project.
So we land on a Temperley win, by the single goal that has defined this fixture for half a century. Back the home win at 2.15 as the best pick, support it with the under 2.5 goals and a correct-score 1-0 saver, and enjoy what promises to be a compelling chess match under the spring sun in Temperley. Whatever the outcome, with the Reducido looming and teams like Atlético Atlanta still lurking a point behind, neither side's season will be decided on Saturday — but the direction of both campaigns may well be.
