Avai v CRB — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Serie B · Tuesday, 11 August 2026. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–1). Before kick-off we rated it 56% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 1, 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 goals45%55%Under
Over 3.5 goals22%78%no pick
Both teams to score51%49%Yes

The result model puts Avai at 50%, the draw at 25% and CRB at 25%, from expected goals of 1.58 and 1.02.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Serie B has produced over 2.5 goals in 40% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Avai have 9 in 20 this season (4 of 10 at home), CRB 12 in 20 (6 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 42% and 50%.

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 45%.

Head to head. These sides have met 7 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 29%. 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 43%.

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 48%, from expected goals of 1.58 for Avai and 1.02 for CRB. Folding in 30% of that view gives 45%.

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
Avai2045%20%50%
CRB2060%40%60%

Head to head

2 Apr 26CRB 0–1 AvaiU2.5
4 Oct 25CRB 1–0 AvaiU2.5
8 Jun 25Avai 1–0 CRBU2.5
31 Aug 24CRB 1–2 AvaiO2.5
14 May 24Avai 2–1 CRBO2.5
11 Nov 23Avai 1–1 CRBU2.5

More: Avai season stats · CRB season stats · Serie B table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.