K League 1 · Saturday, 22 August 2026 · 11:30. Our rating makes this 48% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The K League 1 average is 46%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 48% | 52% | Under |
| Over 3.5 goals | 29% | 71% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 53% | 47% | Yes |
The result model puts Jeonbuk Motors at 36%, the draw at 26% and Ulsan Hyundai FC at 38%, from expected goals of 1.33 and 1.37.
The league sets the starting point. K League 1 has produced over 2.5 goals in 46% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Jeonbuk Motors have 9 in 23 this season (7 of 11 at home), Ulsan Hyundai FC 14 in 23 (5 of 11 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 47% and 51%.
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 49%.
Head to head. These sides have met 9 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 33%. 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 47%.
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 1.33 for Jeonbuk Motors and 1.37 for Ulsan Hyundai FC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 48%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeonbuk Motors | 23 | 39% | 26% | 48% |
| Ulsan Hyundai FC | 23 | 61% | 39% | 70% |
More: Jeonbuk Motors season stats · Ulsan Hyundai FC season stats · K League 1 table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.