SV Kapfenberg v Austria Vienna (Am) — prediction, stats and goal analysis

2. Liga · Friday, 9 October 2026. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–1). Before kick-off we rated it 62% 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.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals58%42%Over
Over 3.5 goals33%67%no pick
Both teams to score58%42%Yes

The result model puts SV Kapfenberg at 31%, the draw at 23% and Austria Vienna (Am) at 46%, from expected goals of 1.5 and 1.86.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. 2. Liga has produced over 2.5 goals in 52% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. SV Kapfenberg have 5 in 7 this season (3 of 4 at home), Austria Vienna (Am) 5 in 7 (2 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 57% and 57%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 7 and 7 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 57% 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 53%.

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 55%.

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 65%, from expected goals of 1.5 for SV Kapfenberg and 1.86 for Austria Vienna (Am). Folding in 30% of that view gives 58%.

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
SV Kapfenberg771%57%57%
Austria Vienna (Am)771%43%57%

Head to head

14 May 26Austria Vienna (Am) 1–2 SV KapfenbergO2.5
28 Nov 25SV Kapfenberg 1–2 Austria Vienna (Am)O2.5
25 Feb 23SV Kapfenberg 4–2 Austria Vienna (Am)O2.5
5 Aug 22Austria Vienna (Am) 2–2 SV KapfenbergO2.5
6 May 22SV Kapfenberg 5–1 Austria Vienna (Am)O2.5
30 Oct 21Austria Vienna (Am) 1–3 SV KapfenbergO2.5

More: SV Kapfenberg season stats · Austria Vienna (Am) season stats · 2. Liga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.