Iğdır FK v Manisa F.K. — prediction, stats and goal analysis

1. Lig · Thursday, 3 September 2026 · 15:00. Our rating makes this 46% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The 1. Lig average is 52%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals46%54%Under
Over 3.5 goals26%74%no pick
Both teams to score49%51%No

The result model puts Iğdır FK at 39%, the draw at 27% and Manisa F.K. at 33%, from expected goals of 1.28 and 1.15.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.8551%46%-5%
Under 2.5 goals1.9549%54%+5%
Both teams to score1.6756%49%-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: Iğdır FK 1.85, draw 3.40, Manisa F.K. 3.60.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. 1. Lig has produced over 2.5 goals in 52% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Iğdır FK have 0 in 4 this season (0 of 2 at home), Manisa F.K. 3 in 4 (2 of 2 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 57%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 4 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 50% and 56%.

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 53%.

Head to head. These sides have met 4 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 0%. 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 48%.

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 44%, from expected goals of 1.28 for Iğdır FK and 1.15 for Manisa F.K.. Folding in 30% of that view gives 46%.

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
Iğdır FK40%0%0%
Manisa F.K.475%50%75%

Head to head

31 Jan 26Iğdır FK 0–0 Manisa F.K.U2.5
30 Aug 25Manisa F.K. 1–1 Iğdır FKU2.5
4 Mar 25Manisa F.K. 0–1 Iğdır FKU2.5
20 Oct 24Iğdır FK 1–0 Manisa F.K.U2.5

More: Iğdır FK season stats · Manisa F.K. season stats · 1. Lig table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.