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SpVgg Greuther Fürth 12thLWLDD
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Holstein Kiel 13thWDLDL

SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs Holstein Kiel prediction

Data modelBookmaker prices, home/away form, scoring trends and the table, read by our AI analysts. How it works

KickoffHour forecast · data model

Who wins?

Wide open: no clear favourite (SpVgg Greuther Fürth 39%)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth39%Bookies 39
Draw25%Bookies 25
Holstein Kiel36%Bookies 36

Goals call3+ goals 62% · bookies 62%

Bookmakers' prices with their margin removed; a stats preview does not adjust them with news.

The Verdict

All three readings land close to the published 39-25-36 split: these are one-point-apart midtable sides with equal rest and no clear edge. The coach sees both-teams-score logic in Fürth's 67% rate, while the sceptic notes both sides sit over 2.5 in just 44% of matches, making the 62% goals line the one number worth questioning.

Version 2 · updated Ledger record ↗

What our AI analysts say

1 of 3 think a draw is underrated.

The Coach

styles in the numbers

Two leaky-but-lively attacks point to goals on both sides

Fürth concede 1.78 per game with clean sheets in just 11% of matches, while both teams have scored in 67% of their games. With the league at 3.02 goals per match, a shared-goals game fits.

✓ In line with bookmakers

The Dressing Room

the table and pressure

Midtable neighbours, both desperate for three points

Fürth sit 12th on 9 points, Kiel 13th on 8 - one point apart with near-identical records. Fürth have lost four of six recently, Kiel five without a win before beating Dresden. Both had 7 days' rest, so freshness is equal and neither can afford to sit back.

✓ In line with bookmakers

The Sceptic

where the market may be wrong

Prices look fair, but the over may be a touch generous

The 39-25-36 split matches two evenly matched sides, and expected goals of 1.6 each support it. But both teams are over 2.5 in only 44% of matches, Kiel fail to score in 44% and average 0.50 away, so 62% for three-plus goals looks slightly high to me.

Draw underrated Fewer goalsLow

Data-only analysis: no team news was found for this match, so our analysts read form, home/away splits, head-to-head, goal timings and the table. It does not change the numbers above. AI analysts are automated roles, not people. Their leans are not betting tips.

In short

SpVgg Greuther Fürth are slight favourites at 39%, with Holstein Kiel on 36% and the draw on 25%. SpVgg Greuther Fürth are 12th and Holstein Kiel 13th in 2. Bundesliga. In their last five league games, SpVgg Greuther Fürth won one and Holstein Kiel one.

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Win or draw (double chance)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth win or draw
64%
Either team wins (no draw)
75%
Holstein Kiel win or draw
61%

Goals in the match (over/under)

2+ goals
83%
3+ goals
62%
4+ goals
40%

Both teams score (BTTS)

Yes
64%
No
36%

We expect about 1.6 goals from SpVgg Greuther Fürth and 1.6 from Holstein Kiel. (expected goals)

Most likely score: 1–1 (10%). Even the likeliest exact score happens only about 1 time in 10. Next: 2–1 (9%), 1–2 (8%), 1–0 (7%), 2–2 (7%).

How these numbers are made

A data-model preview uses the bookmakers' prices for this match with their margin removed by the power method. Our AI analysts read only the data (form, home and away record, head-to-head, goal timings and the table), not the team news, and they do not change these numbers. Total goals, both teams to score and likely scores come from one score grid fitted to these probabilities.

Stats previews are graded separately from our full analyses in the track record. Methodology

Prediction history

#PublishedHomeDrawAwayReasonRecord
1 46%25%28%Stats preview (goals model, no bookmaker prices)#1850
2 39%25%36%Prices moved#2117

This table freezes at kick-off; the last version before the start is the one that counts. Every version is in the public ledger (how to check).

Form

All competitions, newest first.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth: last 6

LWLDDL · 5 scored, 8 conceded

25 Octat VfL Osnabrück0–3L
17 Octvs Eintracht Braunschweig2–0W
11 Octat Hertha BSC1–2L
18 Sepvs 1. FC Magdeburg1–1D
12 Sepat VfL Bochum1–1D
6 Sepvs 1. FC Heidenheim0–1L

Last 5 at home: WDLLL

Holstein Kiel: last 6

WDLDLD · 6 scored, 5 conceded

25 Octvs Dynamo Dresden3–0W
16 Octvs Hertha BSC0–0D
9 Octat Eintracht Braunschweig0–1L
19 Sepvs VfL Osnabrück1–1D
13 Sepat 1. FC Heidenheim0–1L
5 Sepvs 1. FC Nürnberg2–2D

Last 5 away: LLLWD

Season stats

SpVgg Greuther FürthHolstein Kiel
1.33Goals scored per game1.11
1.78Goals conceded per game1.22
1.25Scored per game at home1.60
1.40Scored per game away0.50
44%Matches over 2.5 goals44%
67%Both teams scored44%
11%Clean sheets22%
22%Failed to score44%

League matches only, 9 games each.

2. Bundesliga table

#TeamPldGoal diff.PointsLeague form
9Arminia Bielefeld9-111LWWDL
10Eintracht Braunschweig9+010WLWLD
11Energie Cottbus9-110DDLDW
12SpVgg Greuther Fürth9-49LWLDD
13Holstein Kiel9-18WDLDL
14VfL Bochum9-48DLLLD
15Dynamo Dresden9-78LWDLD
16Hannover 969-78LDLWL

Full 2. Bundesliga table

Match context

Rest days
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 7Holstein Kiel 7
Matches in the last 14 days: SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 · Holstein Kiel 1
Goals in this league
2. Bundesliga average: 3.02 per match

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