Superliga · Denmark · Regular Season - 1

FC Copenhagen–Lyngby

3–2

HT 1–2

Kick-off: Sunday, 26 July 2026 at 14:00
Status: Match Finished

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

27'FC CopenhagenBirger Meling
36'LyngbyR. Tytens
39'LyngbyS. Colyn
49'FC CopenhagenBirger Meling
75'FC CopenhagenM. Elyounoussi (assist: M. Madsen)

Match statistics

Match statistics
FC Copenhagen		Lyngby
12	Shots	21
6	Shots on target	6
6	Shots inside the box	16
2	Goalkeeper saves	3
5	Corners	5
1	Offsides	1
58%	Possession	42%
497	Passes	352
411	Accurate passes

What we expected, and what happened

Expected goals before kick-off: FC Copenhagen 2.02 · Lyngby 0.86. On the pitch: 3-2.
Shots FC Copenhagen 12 · Lyngby 21; on target 6 and 6.
FC Copenhagen kept the ball more (58%).

Unavailable players

FC Copenhagen

D. Sarapataout · Shoulder Injury
H. Nemethout · injury
M. Mattssonout · Knee Injury
R. Huescasout · Knee Injury
V. Dadasonout · Hamstring Injury

Lyngby

O. Snorreout · Knee Injury

Provider data — may change until the line-ups are announced. Last updated: Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 15:11.

Referee

M. Redder→

3.96

yellows per match

0.24

reds per match

matches of data

Model prediction

Why this prediction?

The model puts the most likely outcome at 64.8%: “FC Copenhagen to win”. Second comes “a draw” at 21.7%.
Behind that distribution are the expected goals: 2.02 for FC Copenhagen, 0.86 for Lyngby.
The highest double chance value is 86.4% (1X — FC Copenhagen win or draw).
These values were computed from 651 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.

FC Copenhagen to win64.8%

Draw21.7%

Lyngby to win13.6%

When the model has said 60–65% in the past, 1,246 of 1,994 predictions were correct (62.5%). Accuracy record →

14	Fouls	15

2	Yellow cards	2

0	Red cards	0

First half

Actual: 1–2

FC Copenhagen lead at half-time39.3%

Level at half-time43.7%

Lyngby lead at half-time17.0%

First-half double chance

1X — FC Copenhagen ahead or level83.0%

12 — not level at half-time56.3%

X2 — level or Lyngby ahead60.7%

These values are not a fraction of the full-match prediction; they come from a separate model trained on the first-half scores of 651 matches. Its edge over the base rate is markedly smaller than the full-match model's — the measured figure is on the accuracy record. Read them more cautiously. First-half goal markets are not published because they failed to beat the base rate.

Expected fouls and corners

Fouls

FC Copenhagen: at least 11Actual: 14
Lyngby: at least 11Actual: 15

Corners

FC Copenhagen: at least 5Actual: 5
Lyngby: at least 3Actual: 5

These figures are set to hold in at least 60% of matches; in the rest the count comes in below them. No upper bound is stated — we make no "at most" claim. Yellow cards were measured and are not published: there our model did not beat the historical average.

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 FC Copenhagen score2.02

Attack: FC Copenhagen score above the league average (18% more).

Opponent's defence: Lyngby's defence is close to the league average (1.03×), so it doesn't move the expectation much.

Result: These two effects give an expectation of 2.02 goals (including home advantage).

How many goals Lyngby score0.86

Attack: Lyngby score below the league average (33% fewer).

Opponent's defence: FC Copenhagen's defence is close to the league average (0.87×), so it doesn't move the expectation much.

Result: These two effects give an expectation of 0.86 goals (including the away penalty).

Most likely scorelines

2–011.8%1–111.0%2–110.9%

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 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.