Zalaegerszegi TE v Kisvarda FC — prediction, stats and goal analysis

NB I · Saturday, 24 October 2026 · 16:00. Our rating makes this 55% to go over 2.5 goals, though our own outlier boards contradict the call, so we sit it out. The NB I average is 59%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals55%45%no pick
Over 3.5 goals32%68%no pick
Both teams to score56%44%no pick

The result model puts Zalaegerszegi TE at 60%, the draw at 22% and Kisvarda FC at 18%, from expected goals of 1.93 and 0.96.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. NB I has produced over 2.5 goals in 59% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Zalaegerszegi TE have 7 in 10 this season (2 of 4 at home), Kisvarda FC 3 in 10 (2 of 4 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 62% and 51%.

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 57% and 53%.

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 56%.

Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 40%. 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 55%, from expected goals of 1.93 for Zalaegerszegi TE and 0.96 for Kisvarda FC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 55%.

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
Zalaegerszegi TE1070%30%30%
Kisvarda FC1030%10%70%

Head to head

4 Apr 26Zalaegerszegi TE 2–0 Kisvarda FCU2.5
14 Dec 25Kisvarda FC 3–3 Zalaegerszegi TEO2.5
30 Aug 25Zalaegerszegi TE 1–2 Kisvarda FCO2.5
2 Mar 24Kisvarda FC 1–0 Zalaegerszegi TEU2.5
5 Nov 23Kisvarda FC 0–1 Zalaegerszegi TEU2.5
30 Jul 23Zalaegerszegi TE 0–2 Kisvarda FCU2.5

More: Zalaegerszegi TE season stats · Kisvarda FC season stats · NB I table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.