İstanbulspor v Bodrum FK — prediction, stats and goal analysis

1. Lig · Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 17:00. Final score 2–2 (half-time 2–0). Before kick-off we rated it 52% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 4, 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 goals52%48%Over
Over 3.5 goals37%63%no pick
Both teams to score45%55%No

The result model puts İstanbulspor at 46%, the draw at 25% and Bodrum FK at 29%, from expected goals of 1.59 and 1.2.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.0047%52%+5%
Under 2.5 goals1.8053%48%-5%
Both teams to score1.7354%45%-9%

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: İstanbulspor 2.50, draw 3.20, Bodrum FK 2.62.

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. İstanbulspor have 1 in 1 this season, Bodrum FK 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 54% 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 58% and 47%.

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 52%.

Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. 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 52%.

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 1.59 for İstanbulspor and 1.2 for Bodrum FK. Folding in 30% of that view gives 52%.

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
İstanbulspor1100%0%0%
Bodrum FK10%0%0%

Head to head

22 Mar 26İstanbulspor 0–1 Bodrum FKU2.5
7 Nov 25Bodrum FK 5–0 İstanbulsporO2.5

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