Randers FC v FC Copenhagen — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superliga · Sunday, 16 August 2026 · 17:00. Final score 0–4 (half-time 0–3). Before kick-off we rated it 60% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 4, 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 goals60%40%Over
Over 3.5 goals32%68%no pick
Both teams to score60%40%Yes

The result model puts Randers FC at 41%, the draw at 26% and FC Copenhagen at 34%, from expected goals of 1.44 and 1.28.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.6059%60%+1%
Under 2.5 goals2.3041%40%-1%
Both teams to score1.6258%60%+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: Randers FC 4.33, draw 4.00, FC Copenhagen 1.73.

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. Randers FC have 0 in 3 this season (0 of 2 at home), FC Copenhagen 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 51% and 63%.

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 53% and 71%.

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 62%.

Head to head. These sides have met 10 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 80%. 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 63%.

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 1.44 for Randers FC and 1.28 for FC Copenhagen. Folding in 30% of that view gives 60%.

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
Randers FC30%0%33%
FC Copenhagen2100%100%100%

Head to head

17 May 26FC Copenhagen 5–0 Randers FCO2.5
12 Apr 26Randers FC 1–2 FC CopenhagenO2.5
1 Mar 26FC Copenhagen 1–2 Randers FCO2.5
31 Aug 25Randers FC 1–5 FC CopenhagenO2.5
18 May 25Randers FC 0–4 FC CopenhagenO2.5
31 Mar 25FC Copenhagen 1–0 Randers FCU2.5

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