Ljungskile SK v Osters IF — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superettan · Saturday, 15 August 2026. Final score 2–3 (half-time 2–2). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 57% for over 2.5 goals. This match is older than our frozen ratings ledger, which keeps 30 days, so that figure is a reconstruction from pre-match data rather than a number we published at the time — a distinction worth making, because only the frozen ones prove what we actually said beforehand.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals57%43%Over
Over 3.5 goals36%64%no pick
Both teams to score57%43%Yes

The result model puts Ljungskile SK at 33%, the draw at 25% and Osters IF at 42%, from expected goals of 1.37 and 1.57.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Superettan has produced over 2.5 goals in 56% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Ljungskile SK have 9 in 18 this season (4 of 9 at home), Osters IF 12 in 18 (6 of 8 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 53% and 61%.

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 57%.

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 56%, from expected goals of 1.37 for Ljungskile SK and 1.57 for Osters IF. Folding in 30% of that view gives 57%.

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
Ljungskile SK1850%39%61%
Osters IF1867%39%50%

Head to head

17 May 26Osters IF 1–4 Ljungskile SKO2.5

More: Ljungskile SK season stats · Osters IF season stats · Superettan table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.