J3 League · Saturday, 31 October 2026 · 05:00. Our rating makes this 47% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The J3 League average is 48%.
| Market | Yes | No | Our call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | 47% | 53% | Under |
| Over 3.5 goals | 26% | 74% | no pick |
| Both teams to score | 54% | 46% | Yes |
The result model puts Tochigi SC at 39%, the draw at 28% and Ehime FC at 33%, from expected goals of 1.3 and 1.19.
The league sets the starting point. J3 League has produced over 2.5 goals in 48% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.
Each side's own record. Tochigi SC have 5 in 12 this season (3 of 6 at home), Ehime FC 9 in 12 (3 of 6 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 46% and 57%.
Last season still counts, briefly. With 12 and 12 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 43% and 52%.
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 47%.
Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 0%. 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 45%.
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 46%, from expected goals of 1.3 for Tochigi SC and 1.19 for Ehime FC. Folding in 30% of that view gives 45%.
Calibration. Tested against 97,729 past matches, our ratings below 55% have run consistently too pessimistic — a figure in the high 30s, for instance, has come in about four points higher. So ratings in that range are lifted part-way back, giving 47%.
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.
| Team | Games | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tochigi SC | 12 | 42% | 33% | 50% |
| Ehime FC | 12 | 75% | 50% | 75% |
Our numbers give this match a 68% chance of at least one goal before half-time and 30% of two or more. The J3 League rates are 67% and 34%. After the break: 77% for a goal and 43% for two or more (league 76% and 42%). Tochigi SC's last 50 games had a first-half goal 64% of the time and a second-half goal 70%; Ehime FC's last 50, 78% and 88%. Team form says less about a single half than about a full match, so these numbers stay close to the league's.
Every match ranked the same way: first half goals today · second half goals today · tomorrow.
More: Tochigi SC season stats · Ehime FC season stats · J3 League table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.