Carl Zeiss Jena vs Hertha Berlin — DFB Pokal 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 6+ matches
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 580,715 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.3% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Hertha Berlin creates 328% more chances
Season form · 6 home / 10 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over68
- Under32
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- No54
- Yes46
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Carl Zeiss Jena ↓
Most likely 0–2 (12%) · grid covers 86% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Carl Zeiss Jena at home — creates 0.33, concedes 2.83 · 6 matches
Hertha Berlin away — creates 2.90, concedes 1.00 · 10 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Carl Zeiss Jena attack 0.33 + Hertha Berlin defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.67
Hertha Berlin attack 2.90 + Carl Zeiss Jena defence 2.83 → ÷2 → 2.87
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 82%?"
Hertha Berlin at 82% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 82% does not mean "Hertha Berlin will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events

Head to Head
1 previous meeting · small samplePossession
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Carl Zeiss Jena host Hertha Berlin on Saturday, 12 August 2023 at 11:00. The match is part of the DFB Pokal 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Carl Zeiss Jena vs Hertha Berlin
Hertha Berlin beat Carl Zeiss Jena 5-0 in DFB Pokal on August 12, 2023.
Goals: P. Dárdai (6'), H. Tabaković (47'), M. Richter (49', 52'), F. Uremović (59').
Hertha Berlin controlled possession (57%) and registered 21 shots to 11.
The match was played at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld in Jena.
























