Bielefeld vs Heidenheim — 2. Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 20 September 2026

2. Bundesliga·Sunday, 20 September 2026

2 – 2

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 3.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Bielefeld

46%

top pick

Draw

25%

result

Heidenheim

28%

Final score

2–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 25.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Bielefeld win. Expected goals 1.67–1.32 against 2–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals58%4 scored
Both teams score61%yes
Bielefeld clean sheet27%no
Heidenheim clean sheet18%no
Bielefeld score 2+50%yes
Heidenheim score 2+38%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1472
1X2 Brier score0.8519
Probability on the result25.3%

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 (11.8%), 2–1 (10.1%), 1–0 (8.0%). It finished 2–2.

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Bielefeld

8 AugAvs Karlsruhe1–2L
16 AugHvs Cottbus3–0W
29 AugAvs Nurnberg1–4L
4 SeptHvs St Pauli2–2D
11 SeptAvs Darmstadt1–2L

Heidenheim

8 AugHvs Osnabruck4–3W
15 AugAvs Hertha1–4L
29 AugHvs Dresden5–3W
6 SeptAvs Greuther Furth1–0W
13 SeptHvs Holstein Kiel1–0W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatBielefeld
(Home · 5 matches)
Heidenheim
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate80.0%80.0%
Over 2.5 rate100.0%80.0%
Clean sheet20.0%20.0%
Avg goals3.603.40

Home stats use Bielefeld's home record; away stats use Heidenheim'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.