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Bundesliga · Regular Season - 4 · 2026-09-19 13:30 UTC · Borussia-Park

GladbachTeam strength 1640.8 · projected league finish #10
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Gladbach
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
MainzTeam strength 1671.9 · projected league finish #8
Gladbach wins 37.8%Draw — neither team wins 28.5%Mainz wins 33.8%Average simulated goals 1.431.35

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Gladbach have the highest number? Mainz currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Gladbach playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.43for Gladbach and 1.35 for Mainz. That makes Gladbach the highest of the three result estimates at 37.8%. For the full league season, Gladbach is projected to earn about 43points and Mainz about 47. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Gladbach a 37.8% chance of beating Mainz at home in the Bundesliga on 2026-09-19, with 28.5% for the draw and 33.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.431.35; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.9% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores
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07.86.85.62.50.80.3
17.313.58.13.61.20.4
26.48.65.82.60.90.3
33.14.12.81.20.40.1
41.11.51.00.40.10.1
5+0.40.50.40.20.10.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores
11 13.5%21 8.6%12 8.1%00 7.8%10 7.3%01 6.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.9%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Gladbach avoids defeat66.2%
Mainz avoids defeat62.2%
Gladbach allows no goals26.0%
Mainz allows no goals23.8%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Gladbach432.3%7.0%
Mainz476.3%2.8%

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