FC Cologne vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
Our model puts a Borussia Mönchengladbach win at 41.6% in this Bundesliga fixture — close to a three-way split. Expected goals run 1.46 to 1.63.
What this probability has been worth
A number is worth what it has been worth. Across 1,776 predictions published before kick-off and scored against the result afterwards, the calls we priced between 35% and 45% came in 38.4% of the time — 675 fixtures in that band. The model claimed 40.6%, so the two are within 2.2 points of each other. In this range the stated probability has meant roughly what it says.
Where we disagree with the market
Bookmakers price FC Cologne at 1.91, which implies about 52.4%. Our model has it at 34.3% — 18.1 points lower. That is a wide gap, and it is worth being plain about what it means: it is not a claim that the price is wrong and we are right. It means two methods that usually agree have landed far apart on this one, and only the result will say which of them read it better.
Attack against defence
The single rating hides where the mismatch actually sits. Splitting it, Borussia Mönchengladbach's attack should find room against FC Cologne's defence, by 153 points. That is the mechanism behind the expected-goals line rather than a separate opinion about it.
A disciplinary record worth knowing
Borussia Mönchengladbach collect 3.4 cards a match, on 11.4 fouls a match, against an average of 2.2. Cards are the one thing here that can change a match rather than describe it: a sending-off rewrites every number on this page.