Boluspor v Manisa F.K. — prediction, stats and goal analysis

1. Lig · Friday, 7 August 2026. Final score 1–2 (half-time 1–2). Before kick-off we rated it 51% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 3, so that call landed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals43%57%Under
Over 3.5 goals27%73%no pick
Both teams to score20%80%No

The result model puts Boluspor at 58%, the draw at 22% and Manisa F.K. at 20%, from expected goals of 1.92 and 1.02.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. 1. Lig has produced over 2.5 goals in 0% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Boluspor have 0 in 0 this season, Manisa F.K. 0 in 0. Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 0% and 0%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 0 and 0 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 53% and 55%.

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 43%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 17%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 41%.

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 56%, from expected goals of 1.92 for Boluspor and 1.02 for Manisa F.K.. Folding in 30% of that view gives 45%.

Season opener. One of these sides has not played a league game yet. Openers run about 2.5 points under their league's norm, measured across 2,727 of them, so the rating is docked to 43%.

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
Boluspor0
Manisa F.K.0

Head to head

8 Feb 26Manisa F.K. 4–1 BolusporO2.5
13 Sept 25Boluspor 2–0 Manisa F.K.U2.5
21 Feb 25Manisa F.K. 0–2 BolusporU2.5
28 Sept 24Boluspor 2–0 Manisa F.K.U2.5
5 May 24Manisa F.K. 1–0 BolusporU2.5
21 Dec 23Boluspor 1–0 Manisa F.K.U2.5

Things worth knowing

More: Boluspor season stats · Manisa F.K. season stats · 1. Lig table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.