Magdeburg vs Kaiserslautern — 2. Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 12 September 2026

2. Bundesliga·Saturday, 12 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 2.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Magdeburg

45%

pick · result

Draw

26%

1. FC Kaiserslautern

29%

Final score

3–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Magdeburg win 44.9% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Magdeburg win. Expected goals 1.70–1.42 against 3–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals60%3 scored
Both teams score63%no
Magdeburg clean sheet24%yes
1. FC Kaiserslautern clean sheet18%no
Magdeburg score 2+51%yes
1. FC Kaiserslautern score 2+41%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1955
1X2 Brier score0.4569
Probability on the result44.9%

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 (11.7%), 2–1 (10.1%), 1–0 (7.3%). It finished 3–0.

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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

Kaiserslautern

8 AugAvs Wolfsburg0–0D
15 AugHvs Karlsruhe0–0D
30 AugAvs St Pauli2–1W
5 SeptHvs Darmstadt3–0W
12 SeptAvs Magdeburg0–3L

Head to head

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

Model context

StatMagdeburg
(Home · 5 matches)
Kaiserslautern
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate40.0%20.0%
Over 2.5 rate80.0%40.0%
Clean sheet60.0%60.0%
Avg goals4.401.40

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