Torpedo Kutaisi v Saburtalo — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Erovnuli Liga · Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 18:00. Final score 4–3 (half-time 3–1). Before kick-off we rated it 51% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 7, 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 goals51%49%Over
Over 3.5 goals26%74%no pick
Both teams to score53%47%Yes

The result model puts Torpedo Kutaisi at 39%, the draw at 26% and Saburtalo at 35%, from expected goals of 1.4 and 1.31.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.0546%51%+5%
Under 2.5 goals1.7554%49%-5%

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: Torpedo Kutaisi 2.38, draw 3.20, Saburtalo 2.60.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Erovnuli Liga has produced over 2.5 goals in 51% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Torpedo Kutaisi have 10 in 20 this season (6 of 10 at home), Saburtalo 9 in 19 (5 of 9 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 52% and 50%.

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 51%.

Head to head. These sides have met 11 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 55%. 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 51%, from expected goals of 1.4 for Torpedo Kutaisi and 1.31 for Saburtalo. Folding in 30% of that view gives 51%.

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
Torpedo Kutaisi2050%20%55%
Saburtalo1947%16%53%

Head to head

10 May 26Saburtalo 1–1 Torpedo KutaisiU2.5
11 Mar 26Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 SaburtaloU2.5
21 Oct 25Torpedo Kutaisi 3–1 SaburtaloO2.5
9 Aug 25Saburtalo 0–0 Torpedo KutaisiU2.5
28 Apr 25Torpedo Kutaisi 0–1 SaburtaloU2.5
5 Mar 25Saburtalo 2–0 Torpedo KutaisiU2.5

More: Torpedo Kutaisi season stats · Saburtalo season stats · Erovnuli Liga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.