Konyaspor v Rizespor — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Süper Lig · Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 17:00. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 52% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 1, 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 goals52%48%Over
Over 3.5 goals25%75%no pick
Both teams to score57%43%Yes

The result model puts Konyaspor at 42%, the draw at 26% and Rizespor at 32%, from expected goals of 1.46 and 1.23.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.8551%52%+0%
Under 2.5 goals1.9549%48%0%
Both teams to score1.6756%57%+1%

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: Konyaspor 2.45, draw 3.40, Rizespor 2.80.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Süper 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. Konyaspor have 0 in 0 this season, Rizespor 0 in 0. 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 53% and 53%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 0 and 0 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 56% and 59%.

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 56%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 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 56%.

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 51%, from expected goals of 1.46 for Konyaspor and 1.23 for Rizespor. Folding in 30% of that view gives 54%.

Season opener. One of these sides has not played a league game yet. Openers run about 2.5 points under their league's norm, measured across 2,727 of them, so the rating is docked to 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
Konyaspor0
Rizespor0

Head to head

1 May 26Rizespor 3–2 KonyasporO2.5
6 Dec 25Konyaspor 1–1 RizesporU2.5
10 May 25Konyaspor 2–1 RizesporO2.5
14 Dec 24Rizespor 1–1 KonyasporU2.5
3 Feb 24Rizespor 0–0 KonyasporU2.5
16 Sept 23Konyaspor 1–2 RizesporO2.5

Things worth knowing

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