Odense v AC Horsens — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superliga · Sunday, 16 August 2026. Final score 1–2 (half-time 1–1). Rebuilt from the season as it stood that morning, our rating would have been 61% 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.

Open this match in the app →

Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals61%39%Over
Over 3.5 goals37%63%no pick
Both teams to score61%39%Yes

The result model puts Odense at 50%, the draw at 23% and AC Horsens at 27%, from expected goals of 1.86 and 1.31.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Superliga has produced over 2.5 goals in 60% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Odense have 0 in 3 this season (0 of 1 at home), AC Horsens 1 in 3 (1 of 1 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 57%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 3 and 3 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 65% and 57%.

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 60%.

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 61%, from expected goals of 1.86 for Odense and 1.31 for AC Horsens. Folding in 30% of that view gives 61%.

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
Odense30%0%0%
AC Horsens333%0%67%

Head to head

26 May 23Odense 2–1 AC HorsensO2.5
28 Apr 23AC Horsens 2–2 OdenseO2.5
13 Nov 22AC Horsens 3–3 OdenseO2.5
22 Aug 22Odense 1–0 AC HorsensU2.5

More: Odense season stats · AC Horsens season stats · Superliga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.