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Full time · 2. Bundesliga · Fri 30 Oct 2026, 17:30 UTC

Energie Cottbus 1–2 VfL Bochum

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What the chances were worth

Energie Cottbus
1.41
expected goals (xG)
VfL Bochum
1.32
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.41–1.32.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Energie Cottbus
44%
Draw
26%
VfL Bochum
29%

Before kick-off the model favoured Energie Cottbus to win (44%); it finished with VfL Bochum to win. A miss — it gave the actual result 29% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.4–1.3, shots 14–12 with 5–4 on target. VfL Bochum got into the box far more often (10 shots inside it to 5). On chances created the game was tighter than the 1–2 suggests.

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

Energie Cottbus
VfL Bochum
55%
Ball Possession
45%
14
Total Shots
12
5
Shots on Goal
4
6
Shots off Goal
5
3
Blocked Shots
3
5
Shots inside box
10
9
Shots outside box
2
1.41
Expected goals (xG)
1.32
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Offsides
4
517
Total passes
414
429
Passes accurate
351
2
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Goalkeeper Saves
3
19
Free Kicks
2

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

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Energie Cottbus 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 M. Lotka (G)
  2. 2 K. Manu (D)
  3. 3 H. Rorig (D)
  4. 8 Lukas Michelbrink (M)
  5. 9 L. Copado (M)
  6. 10 T. Ciğerci (M)
  7. 11 M. Hannemann (M)
  8. 21 Luca Erlein (D)
  9. 25 L. Guwara (D)
  10. 31 J. Butler (F)
  11. 32 L. Bittencourt (M)

Bench: Dmytro Bohdanov, T. Campulka, Fousseny Doumbia, J. Hofmann, C. Kinsombi, D. Pelivan, J. Zaydan, K. Kratzsch, J. Boziaris

VfL Bochum 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 T. Horn (G)
  2. 2 S. Klaiber (D)
  3. 5 K. Mets (D)
  4. 10 B. Taz (M)
  5. 15 M. Steinwender (D)
  6. 17 G. Holtmann (M)
  7. 23 K. Miyoshi (M)
  8. 24 M. Pannewig (M)
  9. 32 M. Wittek (D)
  10. 33 P. Hofmann (F)
  11. 34 T. Meyer (M)

Bench: Y. Karademir, M. Ouro-Tagba, C. Patino, C. Rasmussen, L. Sawas, J. Steuckers, L. Isbruch, D. Hanslik, T. Casali

The market’s read

Energie Cottbus
32%
market implied · price 2.93 · opened 33%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.64 · opened 26%
VfL Bochum
43%
market implied · price 2.19 · opened 41%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Energie Cottbus or draw1.6456.9%-1.3 pts
Double chance VfL Bochum or draw1.3668.5%+1.4 pts
Double chance either team1.2574.5%-0.2 pts
Draw no bet — Energie Cottbus2.2042.6%-2.4 pts
Draw no bet — VfL Bochum1.6357.4%+2.4 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1283.5%+0.4 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.4564.3%+0.6 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.1543.7%-0.1 pts
Both teams to score1.4066.4%+0.1 pts
Energie Cottbus over 1.5 team goals2.0545.6%-1.4 pts
VfL Bochum over 1.5 team goals1.7254.5%+2.0 pts
Energie Cottbus clean sheet5.0019.0%+0.0 pts
VfL Bochum clean sheet4.3321.7%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 7.57 · 1-2 8.87 · 2-2 10.32 · 2-1 10.49 · 0-1 12.01

Prices are observations, not offers. Nothing here is advice or staked.

How to read this table

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-10-30 17:25 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.