Radnik Surdulica v Cukaricki — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Super Liga · Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 17:00. Our rating makes this 48% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Super Liga average is 50%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals48%52%Under
Over 3.5 goals31%69%no pick
Both teams to score55%45%Yes

The result model puts Radnik Surdulica at 53%, the draw at 26% and Cukaricki at 22%, from expected goals of 1.53 and 0.87.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.0047%48%+1%
Under 2.5 goals1.8053%52%-1%
Both teams to score1.8051%55%+3%

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: Radnik Surdulica 2.30, draw 3.30, Cukaricki 3.00.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Super Liga has produced over 2.5 goals in 50% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Radnik Surdulica have 3 in 6 this season (1 of 3 at home), Cukaricki 4 in 7 (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 49% and 52%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 6 and 7 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 44% and 50%.

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 48%.

Head to head. These sides have met 4 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 50%.

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 43%, from expected goals of 1.53 for Radnik Surdulica and 0.87 for Cukaricki. Folding in 30% of that view gives 48%.

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
Radnik Surdulica650%17%67%
Cukaricki757%43%14%

Head to head

18 Apr 26Cukaricki 2–2 Radnik SurdulicaO2.5
13 Dec 25Cukaricki 1–1 Radnik SurdulicaU2.5
9 Aug 25Radnik Surdulica 3–1 CukarickiO2.5
9 Feb 24Radnik Surdulica 0–3 CukarickiO2.5
27 Aug 23Cukaricki 0–0 Radnik SurdulicaU2.5
5 Mar 23Cukaricki 1–0 Radnik SurdulicaU2.5

More: Radnik Surdulica season stats · Cukaricki season stats · Super Liga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.