FC Nurnberg vs 1899 Hoffenheim — Bundesliga 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 25+ matches
FC Nurnberg38%
1899 Hoffenheim36%✓ 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 25 home / 116 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
FC Nurnberg ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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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
FC Nurnberg at home — creates 1.00, concedes 1.16 · 25 matches
1899 Hoffenheim away — creates 1.43, concedes 1.71 · 116 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
FC Nurnberg attack 1.00 + 1899 Hoffenheim defence 1.71 → ÷2 → 1.35
1899 Hoffenheim attack 1.43 + FC Nurnberg defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.29
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 38%?"
FC Nurnberg at 38% 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 38% does not mean "FC Nurnberg 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
4 previous meetings · small sample
Bayern München
Borussia Dortmund
RB Leipzig
VfB Stuttgart1899 Hoffenheim
Bayer Leverkusen
SC Freiburg
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Augsburg
FSV Mainz 05
Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln
Werder Bremen
FC Schalke 04
SV Elversberg
SC Paderborn 07If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
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Statistics
FC Nurnberg host 1899 Hoffenheim on Saturday, 20 October 2018 at 13:30. The match is part of the Bundesliga 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: FC Nurnberg vs 1899 Hoffenheim
1899 Hoffenheim beat FC Nurnberg 3-1 in Bundesliga on October 20, 2018.
Goals: H. Behrens (18' pen), R. Nelson (50', 57'), Á. Szalai (67').
1899 Hoffenheim controlled possession (71%) and registered 19 shots to 7.
The match was played at Max-Morlock-Stadion in Nuremberg.