Bielefeld vs St Pauli — 2. Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 4 September 2026

2. Bundesliga·Friday, 4 September 2026

2 – 2

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 7.0 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Bielefeld

40%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

St. Pauli

34%

Final score

2–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 25.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Bielefeld win. Expected goals 1.62–1.34 against 2–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals57%4 scored
Both teams score59%yes
Bielefeld clean sheet26%no
St. Pauli clean sheet21%no
Bielefeld score 2+47%yes
St. Pauli score 2+40%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1383
1X2 Brier score0.8266
Probability on the result25.8%

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 (12.1%), 1–2 (9.4%), 0–1 (7.5%). 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

St Pauli

9 AugHvs Greuther Furth1–1D
14 AugAvs Holstein Kiel2–2D
30 AugHvs Kaiserslautern1–2L
4 SeptAvs Bielefeld2–2D
12 SeptHvs Wolfsburg1–0W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatBielefeld
(Home · 5 matches)
St Pauli
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate80.0%80.0%
Over 2.5 rate100.0%40.0%
Clean sheet20.0%20.0%
Avg goals3.602.40

Home stats use Bielefeld's home record; away stats use St Pauli'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.