Super League · Saturday, 22 August 2026 · 18:00. Our rating makes this 44% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Super League average is 48%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 44% | 56% | Under |
| Over 3.5 goals | 22% | 78% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 47% | 53% | No |
The result model puts AEK Athens FC at 55%, the draw at 26% and Iraklis 1908 at 19%, from expected goals of 1.52 and 0.77.
| Market | Price | Implied | Our rating | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 1.65 | 57% | 44% | -13% |
| Under 2.5 goals | 2.20 | 43% | 56% | +13% |
| Both teams to score | 2.20 | 42% | 47% | +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: AEK Athens FC 1.25, draw 5.25, Iraklis 1908 12.00.
The league sets the starting point. Super League has produced over 2.5 goals in 48% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. AEK Athens FC have 13 in 32 this season (7 of 16 at home), Iraklis 1908 14 in 30 (7 of 16 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 44% and 47%.
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 46%.
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 40%, from expected goals of 1.52 for AEK Athens FC and 0.77 for Iraklis 1908. Folding in 30% of that view gives 44%.
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.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens FC | 32 | 41% | 28% | 38% |
| Iraklis 1908 | 30 | 47% | 27% | 47% |
More: AEK Athens FC season stats · Super League table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.