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Bundesliga · Regular Season - 2 · 2026-09-05 13:30 UTC · Home Deluxe Arena, Paderborn

PaderbornTeam strength 1525.4 · projected league finish #16
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Freiburg
single most likely score: 11 (12.5%)
FreiburgTeam strength 1724.9 · projected league finish #6
Paderborn wins 20.1%Draw — neither team wins 26.3%Freiburg wins 53.6%Average simulated goals 1.011.77

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

Why does Freiburg have the highest number? Freiburg currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Paderborn playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.01for Paderborn and 1.77 for Freiburg. That makes Freiburg the highest of the three result estimates at 53.6%. For the full league season, Paderborn is projected to earn about 30points and Freiburg about 53. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Paderborn a 20.1% chance of beating Freiburg at home in the Bundesliga on 2026-09-05, with 26.3% for the draw and 53.6% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.011.77; the chance of both teams scoring is 54.3% 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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07.69.59.75.72.51.2
14.812.59.85.82.61.3
23.25.65.02.91.30.6
31.11.91.71.00.40.2
40.30.50.40.30.10.1
5+0.10.10.10.10.00.0

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 12.5%12 9.8%02 9.7%01 9.5%00 7.6%13 5.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score54.3%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Paderborn avoids defeat46.4%
Freiburg avoids defeat79.9%
Paderborn allows no goals17.1%
Freiburg allows no goals36.3%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Paderborn3062.3%
Freiburg530.2%23.6%0.3%

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