Matchday 8 · Bundesliga 2026-27 · November 1, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Union Berlin 1–1 Köln: lucky or expected?
Union Berlin and Köln drew 1–1. Replayed from both teams’ goals this season, Union Berlin win 5 of 10, Köln 2, and 3 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Union Berlin were expected to score 1.6 here and Köln 1.0.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Union Berlin | 1 |
 1. FC Köln | 1 |
What the goals say
Luck index −14 Union Berlin about even for the draw
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Union Berlin win 5, 3 end level, Köln win 2.
- 1 FCU 1 KOE 0
- 2 FCU 4 KOE 3
- 3 FCU 1 KOE 0
- 4 FCU 3 KOE 1
- 5 FCU 3 KOE 0
- 6 FCU 2 KOE 2
- 7 FCU 0 KOE 0
- 8 FCU 1 KOE 1
- 9 FCU 2 KOE 4
- 10 FCU 0 KOE 1
Our prediction before kickoff
We had Union Berlin 44% to win, 28% for a draw, Köln 28%. It ended level; we gave a draw 28%. The final margin was 0.4 goals from ours; 72% of matches like this end further from the forecast than that.
Before kickoff
Most of the distance between a forecast and a final score is luck: even with both clubs’ strength known exactly, a few shots decide a soccer match. Made Sun, Nov 1, 07:46 CET and frozen at kickoff. How our predictions have done
The goals
Union Berlin’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 10' | J. Haberer (Union Berlin) | 1–0 | +18% Union Berlin |
| 2. 79' | Malek El Mala (Köln) | 1–1 | +40% Köln |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain), the newest also from OpenLigaDB (Open Database License). Neither has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say.
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