Skalica v FK Košice — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Super Liga · Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 17:00. Final score 2–4 (half-time 0–4). Before kick-off we rated it 59% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 6, 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 goals59%41%Over
Over 3.5 goals40%60%no pick
Both teams to score55%45%Yes

The result model puts Skalica at 44%, the draw at 22% and FK Košice at 34%, from expected goals of 1.88 and 1.65.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.7055%59%+4%
Under 2.5 goals2.1045%41%-4%
Both teams to score1.6258%55%-2%

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: Skalica 3.25, draw 3.40, FK Košice 2.15.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Super Liga has produced over 2.5 goals in 57% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Skalica have 2 in 3 this season (1 of 1 at home), FK Košice 2 in 2 (1 of 1 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 59% and 61%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 3 and 2 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 47% and 68%.

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%.

Head to head. These sides have met 10 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 40%. 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 69%, from expected goals of 1.88 for Skalica and 1.65 for FK Košice. Folding in 30% of that view gives 59%.

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
Skalica367%33%100%
FK Košice2100%100%100%

Head to head

5 May 26Skalica 3–1 FK KošiceO2.5
4 Apr 26FK Košice 2–0 SkalicaU2.5
7 Feb 26FK Košice 3–1 SkalicaO2.5
20 Sept 25Skalica 1–0 FK KošiceU2.5
8 Dec 24FK Košice 1–1 SkalicaU2.5
31 Aug 24Skalica 0–0 FK KošiceU2.5

More: Skalica season stats · FK Košice season stats · Super Liga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.