Lyngby v FC Nordsjaelland — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Superliga · Sunday, 18 October 2026 · 13:00. Final score 3–3 (half-time 2–0). Before kick-off we rated it 59% 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 goals59%41%Over
Over 3.5 goals36%64%no pick
Both teams to score59%41%Yes

The result model puts Lyngby at 32%, the draw at 25% and FC Nordsjaelland at 43%, from expected goals of 1.38 and 1.63.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.4864%59%-5%
Under 2.5 goals2.6036%41%+5%
Both teams to score1.5063%59%-3%

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: Lyngby 4.20, draw 3.90, FC Nordsjaelland 1.75.

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. Lyngby have 5 in 10 this season (2 of 5 at home), FC Nordsjaelland 4 in 10 (3 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 54%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 10 and 10 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 62% and 58%.

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 3 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 33%. 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 59%.

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 58%, from expected goals of 1.38 for Lyngby and 1.63 for FC Nordsjaelland. Folding in 30% of that view gives 59%.

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
Lyngby1050%40%70%
FC Nordsjaelland1040%30%40%

Head to head

16 Mar 25Lyngby 1–0 FC NordsjaellandU2.5
11 Aug 24FC Nordsjaelland 1–1 LyngbyU2.5
18 Feb 24FC Nordsjaelland 3–2 LyngbyO2.5
3 Sept 23Lyngby 1–1 FC NordsjaellandU2.5
19 Feb 23Lyngby 1–1 FC NordsjaellandU2.5
1 Aug 22FC Nordsjaelland 2–1 LyngbyO2.5

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