Aarhus v Silkeborg — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superliga · Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 17:00. Our rating makes this 57% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is over. The Superliga average is 60%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals57%43%Over
Over 3.5 goals35%65%no pick
Both teams to score61%39%Yes

The result model puts Aarhus at 66%, the draw at 19% and Silkeborg at 15%, from expected goals of 2.19 and 0.93.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.4864%57%-7%
Under 2.5 goals2.6036%43%+7%
Both teams to score1.5361%61%+0%

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: Aarhus 1.57, draw 4.33, Silkeborg 4.75.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Superliga has produced over 2.5 goals in 60% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Aarhus have 4 in 5 this season (1 of 2 at home), Silkeborg 2 in 6 (1 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 62% and 54%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 5 and 6 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 56% and 61%.

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 59%.

Head to head. These sides have met 7 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 29%. 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 56%.

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 60%, from expected goals of 2.19 for Aarhus and 0.93 for Silkeborg. Folding in 30% of that view gives 57%.

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
Aarhus580%40%100%
Silkeborg633%33%67%

Head to head

21 Nov 25Silkeborg 0–2 AarhusU2.5
5 Oct 25Aarhus 3–1 SilkeborgO2.5
1 Dec 24Silkeborg 1–1 AarhusU2.5
15 Sept 24Aarhus 1–1 SilkeborgU2.5
16 May 24Aarhus 0–1 SilkeborgU2.5
1 Apr 24Silkeborg 2–2 AarhusO2.5

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