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

Superliga · Sunday, 23 August 2026 · 13:00. Our rating makes this 56% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Superliga average is 59%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals56%44%Over
Over 3.5 goals33%67%no pick
Both teams to score59%41%Yes

The result model puts FC Midtjylland at 45%, the draw at 26% and Randers FC at 29%, from expected goals of 1.47 and 1.14.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.6258%56%-2%
Under 2.5 goals2.2542%44%+2%
Both teams to score1.7553%59%+6%

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: FC Midtjylland 1.48, draw 4.20, Randers FC 6.00.

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. FC Midtjylland have 2 in 3 this season (1 of 1 at home), Randers FC 1 in 4 (0 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 61% and 54%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 3 and 4 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 62% and 53%.

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 58%.

Head to head. These sides have met 8 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 60%.

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 49%, from expected goals of 1.47 for FC Midtjylland and 1.14 for Randers FC. 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
FC Midtjylland367%33%100%
Randers FC425%25%25%

Head to head

9 Nov 25Randers FC 0–2 FC MidtjyllandU2.5
29 Sept 25FC Midtjylland 2–1 Randers FCO2.5
25 May 25FC Midtjylland 3–2 Randers FCO2.5
4 Apr 25Randers FC 2–1 FC MidtjyllandO2.5
16 Mar 25FC Midtjylland 4–2 Randers FCO2.5
22 Sept 24Randers FC 2–2 FC MidtjyllandO2.5

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