Hertha vs Magdeburg — 2. Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 6 September 2026

2. Bundesliga·Sunday, 6 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 3.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Hertha

51%

pick · result

Draw

23%

Magdeburg

26%

Final score

2–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Hertha win 50.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Hertha win. Expected goals 1.88–1.34 against 2–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals62%3 scored
Both teams score63%yes
Hertha clean sheet26%no
Magdeburg clean sheet15%no
Hertha score 2+56%yes
Magdeburg score 2+38%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1550
1X2 Brier score0.3631
Probability on the result50.8%

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 (10.4%), 2–1 (10.2%), 2–0 (7.3%). It finished 2–1 — one of them.

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Hertha

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

Magdeburg

8 AugHvs Braunschweig1–6L
15 AugAvs Osnabruck3–0W
30 AugHvs Holstein Kiel2–0W
6 SeptAvs Hertha1–2L
12 SeptHvs Kaiserslautern3–0W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatHertha
(Home · 4 matches)
Magdeburg
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate75.0%60.0%
Over 2.5 rate75.0%40.0%
Clean sheet25.0%20.0%
Avg goals3.002.40

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