Yelimay Semey v Irtysh — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Premier League · Sunday, 9 August 2026. Final score 3–1 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 54% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 4, so that call missed. 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 goals46%54%Under
Over 3.5 goals26%74%no pick
Both teams to score56%44%Yes

The result model puts Yelimay Semey at 46%, the draw at 27% and Irtysh at 27%, from expected goals of 1.38 and 0.98.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Premier League has produced over 2.5 goals in 48% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Yelimay Semey have 9 in 19 this season (4 of 9 at home), Irtysh 9 in 19 (5 of 10 away). 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 47% and 48%.

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 48%.

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 42%, from expected goals of 1.38 for Yelimay Semey and 0.98 for Irtysh. Folding in 30% of that view gives 46%.

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
Yelimay Semey1947%37%63%
Irtysh1947%26%58%

Head to head

16 May 26Irtysh 2–2 Yelimay SemeyO2.5

More: Yelimay Semey season stats · Irtysh season stats · Premier League table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.