Bologna–SC Freiburg

1–1

HT 1–0

Kick-off: Thursday, 2 October 2025 at 16:45
Status: Match Finished
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

What the model said, and what happened

Ended level — we gave the draw 25%

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

29'BolognaR. Orsolini (assist: Nicolò Cambiaghi)
57'SC FreiburgJ. Adamu (penalty)

Match statistics

Match statistics
Bologna		SC Freiburg
8	Shots	12
3	Shots on target	6
4	Shots inside the box	11
4	Goalkeeper saves	2
2	Corners	8
2	Offsides	3
55%	Possession	45%
424	Passes	349
345	Accurate passes

What we expected, and what happened

Expected goals before kick-off: Bologna 1.49 · SC Freiburg 1.08. On the pitch: 1-1.
Shots Bologna 8 · SC Freiburg 12; on target 3 and 6.
Bologna kept the ball more (55%).

Referee

Nenad Minaković, Serbia→

6.33

yellows per match

0.33

reds per match

matches of data

3 matches is a small sample — these averages are noisy and should not be read as a tendency.

Model prediction

Why this prediction?

The model puts the most likely outcome at 47.0%: “Bologna to win”. Second comes “SC Freiburg to win” at 27.9%.
Behind that distribution are the expected goals: 1.49 for Bologna, 1.08 for SC Freiburg.
The highest double chance value is 74.9% (12 — any result other than a draw).
These values were computed from 2,153 past matches.

This is a prediction, not a guarantee; a probability is not a certainty.

These sentences are built by a fixed template; every number in them comes straight from the model's computation, none invented while the text was written.

Bologna to win47.0%

Draw25.1%

SC Freiburg to win27.9%

When the model has said 45–50% in the past, 1,541 of 3,251 predictions were correct (47.4%). Accuracy record →

16	Fouls	18

2	Yellow cards	2

0	Red cards	0

What these probabilities rest on

Expected goals comes out of a team's attack weighed against its opponent's defence. A strong attack is damped when it meets a strong defence — which is why comparing the ratings on their own is misleading.

How many goals Bologna score1.49

Attack: Bologna score close to the league average.

Opponent's defence: SC Freiburg's defence is close to the league average (0.94×), so it doesn't move the expectation much.

Result: These two effects give an expectation of 1.49 goals (including home advantage).

How many goals SC Freiburg score1.08

Attack: SC Freiburg score close to the league average.

Opponent's defence: Bologna's defence is close to the league average (0.86×), so it doesn't move the expectation much.

Result: These two effects give an expectation of 1.08 goals (including the away penalty).

Most likely scorelines

1–111.9%1–011.7%2–19.2%

A single scoreline is always less likely than an outcome: “home win” is the sum of 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 and dozens more. So the most likely single score can be a draw while the most likely outcome is a home win; the two do not contradict each other.

Week 2 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: the bias is only pronounced in the opening week. In this week the model's overall accuracy does not separate from the rest of the season — that is, we found no measurable flaw. The one tendency across all opening weeks is that home wins are called slightly too often (said 43.0%, got 41.9%; n=583).

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.