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Augsburg vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 — match prediction
· Kicks off in 1337h 6m
Home advantage: Augsburg
Toss-up
The prediction
Win probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Augsburg 41%, draw 25%, 1. FSV Mainz 05 34%.
Model comparison
1.70Expected goals1.52
53%Projected control47%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 62% · Under 2.5: 38%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- high
- Confidence
- Low
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Augsburg 1478 vs 1. FSV Mainz 05 1496 (gap ~17).
- Augsburg gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Augsburg 106 matches of history, 1. FSV Mainz 05 106. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedAugsburg hold a slim home edge in Elo and expected threat, but this is genuinely close — Mainz have the quality to trouble them. High tempo, fine margins, and the model flags meaningful upset risk. Expect an open game where possession alone won't settle it.
Key matchup
Augsburg's midfield control against Mainz's capacity to transition and create on the break.
Biggest factor
Home advantage and slight shot creation edge for Augsburg, but not enough to rule out a Mainz upset.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
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Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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