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Full time · 2. Bundesliga · Sat 15 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC

VfL Osnabrück 03 1. FC Magdeburg

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What the chances were worth

VfL Osnabrück
0.87
expected goals (xG)
1. FC Magdeburg
1.72
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 0–3; by chance quality the match ran 0.87–1.72.

The brain read

1. FC Magdeburg created the better chances — the xG read 0.9–1.7 and the shot count agreed (12–19, 4–6 on target). 1. FC Magdeburg got into the box far more often (15 shots inside it to 11) and 1. FC Magdeburg held 62% of the ball. VfL Osnabrück's finishing let them down — 0 from 0.9 xG despite 4 of 12 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On the balance of chances, the 0–3 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

VfL Osnabrück
1. FC Magdeburg
38%
Ball Possession
62%
12
Total Shots
19
4
Shots on Goal
6
6
Shots off Goal
10
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Shots inside box
15
1
Shots outside box
4
0.87
Expected goals (xG)
1.72
3
Corner Kicks
10
0
Offsides
5
321
Total passes
526
243
Passes accurate
458
76%
Passes %
87%
12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
3
Goalkeeper Saves
4
0.35
Goals prevented
0.35

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

VfL Osnabrück
35%
market implied · price 2.68 · opened 38%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.59 · opened 26%
1. FC Magdeburg
39%
market implied · price 2.37 · opened 36%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance VfL Osnabrück or draw1.5460.7%-3.0 pts
Double chance 1. FC Magdeburg or draw1.4464.9%+2.9 pts
Double chance either team1.2574.4%+0.0 pts
Draw no bet — VfL Osnabrück1.9447.8%-3.1 pts
Draw no bet — 1. FC Magdeburg1.7852.2%+3.1 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1680.5%+0.1 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.5560.2%+0.1 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.3639.8%+0.2 pts
Both teams to score1.4663.3%+0.3 pts
VfL Osnabrück over 1.5 team goals2.0545.5%-1.8 pts
1. FC Magdeburg over 1.5 team goals1.9248.5%+2.1 pts
VfL Osnabrück clean sheet4.3321.7%+0.0 pts
1. FC Magdeburg clean sheet4.3321.7%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.96 · 1-2 8.82 · 2-1 9.41 · 2-2 10.46 · 0-1 10.87

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-15 13:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.