Trans Narva v Kuressaare — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Meistriliiga · Wednesday, 14 October 2026 · 14:00. Final score 0–1 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 57% 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 goals57%43%Over
Over 3.5 goals32%68%no pick
Both teams to score52%48%Yes

The result model puts Trans Narva at 48%, the draw at 27% and Kuressaare at 25%, from expected goals of 1.49 and 0.99.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.7554%57%+3%
Under 2.5 goals2.0546%43%-3%
Both teams to score1.6756%52%-4%

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: Trans Narva 2.05, draw 3.40, Kuressaare 3.10.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Meistriliiga has produced over 2.5 goals in 66% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Trans Narva have 20 in 30 this season (10 of 15 at home), Kuressaare 17 in 30 (8 of 15 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 67% and 61%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 30 and 30 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 66% and 61%.

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 64%.

Head to head. These sides have met 12 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 42%. 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 63%.

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 45%, from expected goals of 1.49 for Trans Narva and 0.99 for Kuressaare. Folding in 30% of that view gives 57%.

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
Trans Narva3067%30%47%
Kuressaare3057%37%50%

Head to head

5 Sept 26Kuressaare 3–1 Trans NarvaO2.5
16 Jun 26Kuressaare 0–0 Trans NarvaU2.5
18 Apr 26Trans Narva 1–2 KuressaareO2.5
20 Sept 25Kuressaare 0–0 Trans NarvaU2.5
5 Jul 25Trans Narva 3–2 KuressaareO2.5
27 Apr 25Kuressaare 2–1 Trans NarvaO2.5

More: Trans Narva season stats · Kuressaare season stats · Meistriliiga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.