Colón's long wait for a win in Buenos Aires, how long now? | OneFootball

Ezequiel Medrán’s Colón will visit Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in Caseros needing to break a statistic that has haunted them since their relegation to Primera Nacional.

Since losing its place in the top flight and beginning its journey in Primera Nacional, Colón has been dragging around a problem that has turned into a true football obsession: becoming strong away from the Brigadier López. And if there is one place that has become a real nightmare for El Sabalero, it is Buenos Aires.

This weekend, the team led by Ezequiel Medrán will face a new test of character when it visits Estudiantes de Buenos Aires at the Ciudad de Caseros stadium for Matchday 14 of Zone A. A match that will once again put the red-and-black side’s away form under the spotlight.

A performance that still fails to convince at Colón

So far this season, Colón has played five away matches and managed to win only one: against Patronato in Paraná.

The rest of the run has produced two draws — against Central Norte and Los Andes — and two defeats against San Telmo and Deportivo Morón.

Beyond the overall numbers, the most worrying fact is directly tied to its performances on Buenos Aires soil, where Colón continues to show clear difficulty in imposing itself.

Buenos Aires, unfinished business

If the analysis is expanded to the entire 2025 season, the picture makes the red-and-black side’s struggles away from Santa Fe even more evident.

During that period, Colón managed only three away wins: against Mitre, Defensores Unidos, and Central Norte in Salta.

But of those three victories, only one came in Buenos Aires province. It was on Matchday 17 of last season, when the team coached by Andrés Yllana beat CADU 1-0 in Zárate thanks to that memorable stoppage-time goal by Christian Bernardi in the 46th minute of the second half.

Since then, Buenos Aires has once again become hostile ground for El Sabalero.

Medrán’s challenge

Now it will be Medrán’s responsibility to try to change that negative trend. So far, the current coach has only been able to celebrate away from Santa Fe in Paraná, against Patronato.

That is why the clash with Estudiantes looks like much more than just a league match. It will also be a test of personality and maturity for a team aiming to fight for promotion and fully aware that, to be a real contender, it must start picking up points more regularly at the toughest grounds in the division.

And that is precisely where another layer of difficulty lies: a large number of the strongest and most competitive teams in Primera Nacional are in Buenos Aires.

Breaking that barrier would not only mean earning three important points. It could also represent a key emotional and footballing boost for a Colón side still looking to firmly establish itself as a promotion contender.

Summary of CADU vs Colón

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