Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund — Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 5 September 2026

Bundesliga·Saturday, 5 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Hoffenheim

36%

Draw

25%

Borussia Dortmund

39%

pick · result

Final score

2–3

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Borussia Dortmund win 39.1% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Borussia Dortmund win. Expected goals 1.57–1.65 against 2–3 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals62%5 scored
Both teams score65%yes
Hoffenheim clean sheet19%no
Borussia Dortmund clean sheet21%no
Hoffenheim score 2+47%yes
Borussia Dortmund score 2+49%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2509
1X2 Brier score0.5633
Probability on the result39.1%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.1%), 1–2 (8.5%), 2–1 (8.3%). It finished 2–3.

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Hoffenheim

29 AugAvs FC Cologne2–3L
5 SeptHvs Borussia Dortmund2–3L
12 SeptHvs VfB Stuttgart2–1W
20 SeptAvs Paderborn1–3L
10 OctHvs Hamburg2–3L

Borussia Dortmund

29 AugHvs Hamburg2–0W
5 SeptAvs Hoffenheim3–2W
12 SeptHvs Paderborn3–0W
19 SeptAvs VfB Stuttgart1–0W
9 OctHvs Werder Bremen2–2D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatHoffenheim
(Home · 4 matches)
Borussia Dortmund
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate75.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate100.0%50.0%
Clean sheet25.0%50.0%
Avg goals4.002.50

Home stats use Hoffenheim's home record; away stats use Borussia Dortmund's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.