National League · Saturday, 26 September 2026. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 63% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 1, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.
Open this match in the app →| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 61% | 39% | Over |
| Over 3.5 goals | 34% | 66% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 62% | 38% | Yes |
The result model puts Boston United at 27%, the draw at 24% and AFC Fylde at 49%, from expected goals of 1.23 and 1.75.
The league sets the starting point. National League has produced over 2.5 goals in 57% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Boston United have 5 in 9 this season (2 of 5 at home), AFC Fylde 8 in 9 (5 of 5 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 57% and 66%.
Last season still counts, briefly. With 9 and 9 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 56% and 66%.
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 60%.
Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 100%. 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 62%.
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 57%, from expected goals of 1.23 for Boston United and 1.75 for AFC Fylde. Folding in 30% of that view gives 61%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston United | 9 | 56% | 44% | 67% |
| AFC Fylde | 9 | 89% | 56% | 89% |
More: Boston United season stats · AFC Fylde season stats · National League table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.