Mura v Koper — prediction, stats and goal analysis

1. SNL · Saturday, 22 August 2026 · 16:30. Our rating makes this 56% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The 1. SNL average is 63%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals56%44%Over
Over 3.5 goals31%69%no pick
Both teams to score58%42%Yes

The result model puts Mura at 35%, the draw at 27% and Koper at 38%, from expected goals of 1.23 and 1.3.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. 1. SNL has produced over 2.5 goals in 63% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Mura have 4 in 5 this season (1 of 2 at home), Koper 1 in 5 (0 of 3 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 65% and 53%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 5 and 5 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 57% and 62%.

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%.

Head to head. These sides have met 11 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 64%. 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 61%.

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 46%, from expected goals of 1.23 for Mura and 1.3 for Koper. Folding in 30% of that view gives 56%.

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
Mura580%60%80%
Koper520%20%40%

Head to head

3 May 26Mura 0–1 KoperU2.5
1 Mar 26Koper 3–0 MuraO2.5
7 Nov 25Mura 3–2 KoperO2.5
23 Aug 25Koper 2–1 MuraO2.5
25 May 25Mura 1–3 KoperO2.5
29 Mar 25Koper 1–0 MuraU2.5

More: Mura season stats · Koper season stats · 1. SNL table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.