Dresden vs Hertha — 2. Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

2. Bundesliga·Saturday, 19 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 14.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Dresden

35%

Draw

23%

Hertha

41%

pick · result

Final score

1–2

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Hertha win 41.2% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Hertha win. Expected goals 1.48–1.63 against 1–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals60%3 scored
Both teams score62%yes
Dresden clean sheet20%no
Hertha clean sheet23%no
Dresden score 2+44%no
Hertha score 2+48%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2353
1X2 Brier score0.5256
Probability on the result41.2%

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 (10.8%), 1–2 (8.8%), 2–1 (8.4%). It finished 1–2 — one of them.

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Dresden

9 AugAvs Nurnberg0–3L
16 AugHvs Darmstadt1–0W
29 AugAvs Heidenheim3–5L
5 SeptHvs Bochum1–2L
12 SeptAvs Braunschweig2–2D

Hertha

7 AugAvs Bochum1–0W
15 AugHvs Heidenheim4–1W
28 AugAvs Braunschweig5–3W
6 SeptHvs Magdeburg2–1W
13 SeptAvs Osnabruck3–1W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatDresden
(Home · 4 matches)
Hertha
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate50.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate50.0%66.7%
Clean sheet50.0%50.0%
Avg goals2.253.17

Home stats use Dresden's home record; away stats use Hertha'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.