Union Berlin W v Nürnberg W — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Frauen-Bundesliga (W) · Sunday, 18 October 2026 · 13:00. Final score 2–1 (half-time 2–1). Before kick-off we rated it 67% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 3, 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 goals67%33%Over
Over 3.5 goals41%59%no pick
Both teams to score63%37%Yes

The result model puts Union Berlin W at 55%, the draw at 22% and Nürnberg W at 23%, from expected goals of 2.04 and 1.26.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals1.4465%67%+3%
Under 2.5 goals2.6235%33%-3%
Both teams to score1.5063%63%+0%

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: Union Berlin W 1.57, draw 4.20, Nürnberg W 4.33.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Frauen-Bundesliga (W) has produced over 2.5 goals in 67% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Union Berlin W have 4 in 6 this season (2 of 3 at home), Nürnberg W 5 in 6 (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 67% and 71%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 6 and 6 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 71% and 69%.

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 69%.

Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. 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 68%.

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 64%, from expected goals of 2.04 for Union Berlin W and 1.26 for Nürnberg W. Folding in 30% of that view gives 67%.

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
Union Berlin W667%50%33%
Nürnberg W683%50%100%

Head to head

20 Dec 25Nürnberg W 1–2 Union Berlin WO2.5
7 Sept 25Union Berlin W 1–1 Nürnberg WU2.5

More: Union Berlin W season stats · Nürnberg W season stats · Frauen-Bundesliga (W) table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.