Odense v AC Horsens — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superliga · Sunday, 16 August 2026 · 13:00. Final score 1–2 (half-time 1–1). Before kick-off we rated it 55% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 3, 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 goals55%45%Over
Over 3.5 goals35%65%no pick
Both teams to score60%40%Yes

The result model puts Odense at 46%, the draw at 26% and AC Horsens at 28%, from expected goals of 1.48 and 1.09.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.9050%55%+5%
Under 2.5 goals1.9050%45%-5%
Both teams to score1.8052%60%+8%

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: Odense 1.75, draw 3.90, AC Horsens 4.20.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Superliga has produced over 2.5 goals in 59% 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 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 53% and 58%.

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 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 68% and 44%.

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 4 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 75%. 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 59%.

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 47%, from expected goals of 1.48 for Odense and 1.09 for AC Horsens. Folding in 30% of that view gives 55%.

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

9 May 25AC Horsens 2–2 OdenseO2.5
30 Mar 25Odense 1–0 AC HorsensU2.5
9 Nov 24Odense 3–2 AC HorsensO2.5
14 Sept 24AC Horsens 2–2 OdenseO2.5
26 May 23Odense 2–1 AC HorsensO2.5
28 Apr 23AC Horsens 2–2 OdenseO2.5

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.