Sonderjyske v Randers FC — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superliga · Sunday, 20 September 2026. Final score 4–2 (half-time 2–1). Before kick-off we rated it 53% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 6, so that call landed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals54%46%Over
Over 3.5 goals30%70%no pick
Both teams to score56%44%Yes

The result model puts Sonderjyske at 32%, the draw at 28% and Randers FC at 40%, from expected goals of 1.17 and 1.34.

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. Sonderjyske have 5 in 8 this season (3 of 4 at home), Randers FC 4 in 8 (1 of 3 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 60% and 57%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 8 and 8 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 58% and 57%.

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 58%.

Head to head. These sides have met 4 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 58%.

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 46%, from expected goals of 1.17 for Sonderjyske and 1.34 for Randers FC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 54%.

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
Sonderjyske863%50%63%
Randers FC850%13%38%

Head to head

26 Oct 25Randers FC 0–0 SonderjyskeU2.5
12 Sept 25Sonderjyske 0–1 Randers FCU2.5
2 Nov 24Sonderjyske 1–4 Randers FCO2.5
18 Aug 24Randers FC 1–2 SonderjyskeO2.5
20 Mar 22Sonderjyske 1–1 Randers FCU2.5
8 Aug 21Randers FC 1–0 SonderjyskeU2.5

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