ÖFB Cup · Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 16:00. Our rating makes this 46% to go over 2.5 goals, though we make no pick on this fixture — see below. The ÖFB Cup average is 51%.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 46% | 54% | no pick |
| Over 3.5 goals | 21% | 79% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 51% | 49% | no pick |
The result model puts Austria Klagenfurt at 41%, the draw at 25% and Rapid Vienna at 34%, from expected goals of 1.5 and 1.35.
The league sets the starting point. ÖFB Cup has produced over 2.5 goals in 51% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Austria Klagenfurt have 0 in 0 this season, Rapid Vienna 2 in 3 (1 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 51% and 54%.
Last season still counts, briefly. With 0 and 3 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 55% and 44%.
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 50%.
Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 17%. 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 47%.
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 54%, from expected goals of 1.5 for Austria Klagenfurt and 1.35 for Rapid Vienna. Folding in 30% of that view gives 49%.
Season opener. One of these sides has not played a league game yet. Openers run about 2.5 points under their league's norm, measured across 2,727 of them, so the rating is docked to 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.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria Klagenfurt | 0 | — | — | — |
| Rapid Vienna | 3 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
More: Austria Klagenfurt season stats · Rapid Vienna season stats · ÖFB Cup table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.