Liga I · Sunday, 23 August 2026 · 14:00. Our rating makes this 42% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Liga I average is 46%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 42% | 58% | Under |
| Over 3.5 goals | 22% | 78% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 53% | 47% | Yes |
The result model puts Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe at 51%, the draw at 28% and Farul Constanta at 21%, from expected goals of 1.39 and 0.78.
The league sets the starting point. Liga I 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. Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe have 0 in 5 this season (0 of 2 at home), Farul Constanta 3 in 5 (2 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 38% and 49%.
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 38% and 46%.
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 43%.
Head to head. These sides have met 7 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 57%. 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 44%.
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 37%, from expected goals of 1.39 for Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe and 0.78 for Farul Constanta. Folding in 30% of that view gives 42%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe | 5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Farul Constanta | 5 | 60% | 40% | 80% |
More: Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe season stats · Farul Constanta season stats · Liga I table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.