Sandviken v Ostersunds FK — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superettan · Saturday, 17 October 2026 · 14:00. Final score 0–0 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 52% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 0, 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 goals52%48%Over
Over 3.5 goals33%67%no pick
Both teams to score56%44%Yes

The result model puts Sandviken at 48%, the draw at 26% and Ostersunds FK at 25%, from expected goals of 1.54 and 1.04.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.9549%52%+4%
Under 2.5 goals1.8551%48%-4%
Both teams to score1.8052%56%+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: Sandviken 2.80, draw 3.25, Ostersunds FK 2.20.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Superettan has produced over 2.5 goals in 55% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Sandviken have 15 in 26 this season (8 of 13 at home), Ostersunds FK 8 in 26 (4 of 13 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 43%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 26 and 26 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 46%.

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 52%.

Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 80%. 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 54%.

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 48%, from expected goals of 1.54 for Sandviken and 1.04 for Ostersunds FK. Folding in 30% of that view gives 52%.

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
Sandviken2658%38%62%
Ostersunds FK2631%19%58%

Head to head

17 May 26Ostersunds FK 2–1 SandvikenO2.5
8 Nov 25Sandviken 5–0 Ostersunds FKO2.5
17 May 25Ostersunds FK 2–2 SandvikenO2.5
5 Oct 24Sandviken 3–1 Ostersunds FKO2.5
1 Jun 24Ostersunds FK 0–2 SandvikenU2.5

More: Sandviken season stats · Ostersunds FK season stats · Superettan table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.