Esenler Erokspor v Sarıyer — prediction, stats and goal analysis

1. Lig · Friday, 14 August 2026 · 19:30. Final score 1–1 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 51% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 2, 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 goals49%51%Under
Over 3.5 goals27%73%no pick
Both teams to score49%51%No

The result model puts Esenler Erokspor at 47%, the draw at 25% and Sarıyer at 29%, from expected goals of 1.61 and 1.21.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.9050%49%-1%
Under 2.5 goals1.9050%51%+1%
Both teams to score1.8051%49%-3%

Implied percentages have the bookmaker's margin removed, so they add to 100 and can be compared with our rating directly. Edge is simply the gap between the two. A positive edge means our model thinks the outcome is likelier than the price suggests — it is not a tip, and a high probability with a negative edge is a poor bet however safe it looks. Prices are a pre-match snapshot from a single bookmaker and move constantly.

Match odds: Esenler Erokspor 1.80, draw 3.40, Sarıyer 4.00.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. 1. Lig has produced over 2.5 goals in 53% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Esenler Erokspor have 0 in 1 this season, Sarıyer 0 in 1. 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 51% and 51%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 1 and 1 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 54% and 53%.

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 53%.

Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 0%. 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 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 53%, from expected goals of 1.61 for Esenler Erokspor and 1.21 for Sarıyer. Folding in 30% of that view gives 49%.

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
Esenler Erokspor10%0%0%
Sarıyer10%0%0%

Head to head

26 Apr 26Sarıyer 1–0 Esenler EroksporU2.5
19 Dec 25Esenler Erokspor 1–1 SarıyerU2.5

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