Vasco DA Gama v Olimpia — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Copa Sudamericana · Thursday, 13 August 2026 · 23:00. Final score 0–0 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 56% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 0, 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 goals44%56%Under
Over 3.5 goals20%80%no pick
Both teams to score53%47%Yes

The result model puts Vasco DA Gama at 26%, the draw at 27% and Olimpia at 46%, from expected goals of 0.97 and 1.37.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Copa Sudamericana has produced over 2.5 goals in 43% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Vasco DA Gama have 11 in 21 this season (6 of 11 at home), Olimpia 9 in 21 (4 of 11 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 48% and 42%.

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%.

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 0.97 for Vasco DA Gama and 1.37 for Olimpia. Folding in 30% of that view gives 44%.

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
Vasco DA Gama2152%19%67%
Olimpia2143%19%52%

Head to head

20 May 26Olimpia 3–1 Vasco DA GamaO2.5
30 Apr 26Vasco DA Gama 3–0 OlimpiaO2.5

Things worth knowing

More: Copa Sudamericana table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.