Mineiro · Sunday, 1 March 2026. Final score 0–0 (half-time 0–0). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 37% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 37% | 63% | Under |
| Over 3.5 goals | 21% | 79% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 50% | 50% | No |
The result model puts America Mineiro at 37%, the draw at 27% and Atletico-MG at 36%, from expected goals of 1.34 and 1.31.
The league sets the starting point. Mineiro has produced over 2.5 goals in 27% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. America Mineiro have 2 in 9 this season (2 of 4 at home), Atletico-MG 3 in 9 (2 of 4 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 25% and 28%.
The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 27%.
Head to head. These sides have met 10 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 30%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 27%.
Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 49%, from expected goals of 1.34 for America Mineiro and 1.31 for Atletico-MG. Folding in 30% of that view gives 34%.
Calibration. Tested against 97,729 past matches, our ratings below 55% have run consistently too pessimistic — a figure in the high 30s, for instance, has come in about four points higher. So ratings in that range are lifted part-way back, giving 37%.
This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America Mineiro | 9 | 22% | 0% | 56% |
| Atletico-MG | 9 | 33% | 22% | 89% |
More: America Mineiro season stats · Atletico-MG season stats · Mineiro table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.