Magdeburg vs Holstein Kiel — 2. Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

2. Bundesliga·Sunday, 30 August 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

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

Magdeburg

46%

pick · result

Draw

25%

Holstein Kiel

29%

Final score

2–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Magdeburg win 45.9% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Magdeburg win. Expected goals 1.71–1.38 against 2–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals60%2 scored
Both teams score62%no
Magdeburg clean sheet25%yes
Holstein Kiel clean sheet18%no
Magdeburg score 2+52%yes
Holstein Kiel score 2+40%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1889
1X2 Brier score0.4397
Probability on the result45.9%

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 (11.4%), 2–1 (10.0%), 1–0 (7.5%). It finished 2–0.

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Magdeburg

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

Holstein Kiel

8 AugAvs Darmstadt2–2D
14 AugHvs St Pauli2–2D
30 AugAvs Magdeburg0–2L
5 SeptHvs Nurnberg2–2D
13 SeptAvs Heidenheim0–1L

Head to head

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

Model context

StatMagdeburg
(Home · 3 matches)
Holstein Kiel
(Away · 3 matches)
BTTS rate33.3%33.3%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%33.3%
Clean sheet66.7%0.0%
Avg goals4.002.33

Home stats use Magdeburg's home record; away stats use Holstein Kiel'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.