Kristianstad W v Hammarby W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Damallsvenskan (W) · Saturday, 23 May 2026. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–0). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 63% 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 →

Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals63%37%Over
Over 3.5 goals38%62%no pick
Both teams to score56%44%Yes

The result model puts Kristianstad W at 26%, the draw at 24% and Hammarby W at 50%, from expected goals of 1.27 and 1.84.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Damallsvenskan (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 66% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Kristianstad W have 5 in 6 this season (2 of 3 at home), Hammarby W 4 in 5 (1 of 2 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 70% and 69%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 6 and 5 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 65% and 68%.

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 66%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 33%. 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 65%.

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 60%, from expected goals of 1.27 for Kristianstad W and 1.84 for Hammarby W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 63%.

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.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Kristianstad W683%83%83%
Hammarby W580%20%40%

Head to head

22 Aug 25Hammarby W 1–0 Kristianstad WU2.5
24 May 25Kristianstad W 2–0 Hammarby WU2.5
8 Sept 24Hammarby W 1–2 Kristianstad WO2.5
27 Apr 24Kristianstad W 0–2 Hammarby WU2.5
7 Oct 23Hammarby W 1–2 Kristianstad WO2.5
29 May 23Kristianstad W 1–1 Hammarby WU2.5

More: Kristianstad W season stats · Hammarby W season stats · Damallsvenskan (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.