2. Bundesliga · Germany · Regular Season - 1

SV Darmstadt 98–VfL Bochum

4–1

HT 2–1

Kick-off: Saturday, 2 August 2025 at 11:00
Status: Match Finished
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Bollenfalltor, Darmstadt

What the model said, and what happened

Prediction correct

This verdict goes into the public record unchanged; we do not filter out the ones we get wrong. The model's track record

Goals and red cards

5'SV Darmstadt 98I. Lidberg (assist: F. Hornby)
33'VfL BochumM. Broschinski
45'SV Darmstadt 98I. Lidberg
47'SV Darmstadt 98I. Lidberg
56'SV Darmstadt 98A. Vukotic (assist: F. Nurnberger)

Match statistics

Match statistics
SV Darmstadt 98		VfL Bochum
19	Shots	10
7	Shots on target	3
15	Shots inside the box	7
2	Goalkeeper saves	3
5	Corners	8
1	Offsides	2
43%	Possession	57%
323	Passes	435
244	Accurate passes

What we expected, and what happened

Shots SV Darmstadt 98 19 · VfL Bochum 10; on target 7 and 3.
VfL Bochum kept the ball more (57%).

Referee

M. Burda→

4.32

yellows per match

0.05

reds per match

matches of data

Model prediction

No probability is published for this match.

One of the teams has only 0 matches in this league (at least 10 are required). A percentage produced from thin data is a guess dressed as certainty — we don't show it.

12	Fouls	13

2	Yellow cards	3

0	Red cards	0

Week 1 of the season. This prediction was computed from previous seasons. Summer transfers, budget changes and squad rebuilds aren't in the ratings yet — the model can only see that a team has been rebuilt once new results come in.

We measured this and we're not hiding it: in the opening week of past seasons the model came in 3.3 points below the accuracy it claimed (n=220) — for the rest of the season it beats its own claim. The tendency points this way, though it is not proof on its own: in the opening week it slightly over-calls home wins (said 42.7%, got 39.5%) and slightly under-calls draws (said 26.1%, got 28.2%).

This sample is small and not statistically established, which is why we do not correct the model for it. The correction we tried (pulling probabilities toward the league average) didn't win on holdout, so it wasn't added. Read opening-week predictions with a little more caution.