VfL Osnabruck vs SpVgg Greuther Furth — 2. Bundesliga 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 51+ matches
VfL Osnabruck35%
SpVgg Greuther Furth40%✓ 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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 · 51 home / 127 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over55
- Under45
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes58
- No42
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
VfL Osnabruck ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% 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
VfL Osnabruck at home — creates 1.14, concedes 1.71 · 51 matches
SpVgg Greuther Furth away — creates 1.28, concedes 1.60 · 127 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
VfL Osnabruck attack 1.14 + SpVgg Greuther Furth defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 1.37
SpVgg Greuther Furth attack 1.28 + VfL Osnabruck defence 1.71 → ÷2 → 1.50
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 40%?"
SpVgg Greuther Furth at 40% 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 40% does not mean "SpVgg Greuther Furth 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
SpVgg Greuther Furth substitutes
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
FC Schalke 04
SV Elversberg
SC Paderborn 07
Hannover 96
SV Darmstadt 98
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hertha BSC
1. FC Nürnberg
VfL Bochum
Karlsruher SC
Dynamo Dresden
Holstein KielSpVgg Greuther Fürth
Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Magdeburg
Eintracht Braunschweig
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Preußen Münster
Rot-Weiß EssenIf 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
Pass accuracy
Statistics
VfL Osnabruck host SpVgg Greuther Furth on Sunday, 7 April 2024 at 11:30. The match is part of the 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019 season.
2. Bundesliga: VfL Osnabruck 2–0 SpVgg Greuther Furth
VfL Osnabruck beat SpVgg Greuther Furth 2-0 in 2. Bundesliga on April 7, 2024.
Goals: E. Engelhardt (3'), C. Conteh (21').
SpVgg Greuther Furth controlled possession (69%) and registered 16 shots to 7.
The match was played at Bremer Brücke in Osnabrück.