Lab

Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 311 league matches of Eintracht Frankfurt since 2017-18, each forecast by a model that had not seen that season, Vesta's likeliest result happened 47 times in 100; it said 51. Draws: said 25, happened 30 in 100.

Since its public record began on 30 Sep 2026: 51 league matches settled, the likeliest result happened 61 times in 100 (Vesta said 50). Every published forecast

League data to · Vesta · out of sample, 2017-18 on

Free
Matches311each forecast before its season
Likeliest result happened47 in 100Vesta said 51
Draws30 in 100Vesta said 25
Goals a match3.24Vesta expected 2.99
Likeliest score happened15 in 100Vesta said 12

When Vesta says N in 100, does it happen N times?Said v happened

every home win, draw and away win chance, grouped in bands of 10; on the line = exactly right
00252550507575100100 Vesta said (in 100)
Chance bandChancesSaidHappenedGap
10–20 in 10010616.117.9+1.8
20–30 in 10041225.429.1+3.7
30–40 in 10014535.131.7−3.3
40–50 in 10011944.840.3−4.5
50–60 in 1008254.648.8−5.8
60–70 in 1004064.455.0−9.4

The biggest surprises

results Vesta gave the least chance that happened
  1. Bayern Munich 1-2 Eintracht FrankfurtSun 3 Oct 2021 · Bundesliga7 in 100
  2. Schalke 04 4-3 Eintracht FrankfurtSat 15 May 2021 · Bundesliga11 in 100
  3. RasenBallsport Leipzig 0-1 Eintracht FrankfurtSat 13 Jan 2024 · Bundesliga12 in 100
  4. Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 AugsburgSun 14 Apr 2019 · Bundesliga12 in 100
  5. Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 Bayern MunichSat 9 Dec 2023 · Bundesliga13 in 100
  6. Bayern Munich 1-1 Eintracht FrankfurtSat 28 Jan 2023 · Bundesliga16 in 100
  7. Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Mainz 05Sat 6 Jun 2020 · Bundesliga17 in 100
  8. Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 Union BerlinSun 9 Mar 2025 · Bundesliga17 in 100
  9. Eintracht Frankfurt 2-4 FC CologneWed 18 Dec 2019 · Bundesliga17 in 100
  10. VfB Stuttgart 2-3 Eintracht FrankfurtSun 10 Nov 2024 · Bundesliga17 in 100
  11. Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Mainz 05Sun 12 May 2019 · Bundesliga18 in 100
  12. Eintracht Frankfurt 3-4 Union BerlinSun 21 Sep 2025 · Bundesliga18 in 100

The surest calls that missed

the strongest favourites that did not win
  1. Bayern Munich 1-2 Eintracht FrankfurtSun 3 Oct 2021 · home win said80 in 100
  2. Bayern Munich 1-1 Eintracht FrankfurtSat 28 Jan 2023 · home win said73 in 100
  3. Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Arminia BielefeldSat 19 Sep 2020 · home win said71 in 100
  4. Schalke 04 4-3 Eintracht FrankfurtSat 15 May 2021 · away win said70 in 100
  5. Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 Bayern MunichSat 9 Dec 2023 · away win said69 in 100
  6. Eintracht Frankfurt 1-3 AugsburgSun 14 Apr 2019 · home win said68 in 100
  7. RasenBallsport Leipzig 0-1 Eintracht FrankfurtSat 13 Jan 2024 · home win said68 in 100
  8. RasenBallsport Leipzig 0-0 Eintracht FrankfurtSun 20 Mar 2022 · home win said66 in 100
  9. Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 BochumFri 31 Mar 2023 · home win said65 in 100
  10. Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 AugsburgSat 29 Apr 2023 · home win said64 in 100
  11. Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 AugsburgSat 21 Aug 2021 · home win said63 in 100
  12. Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Mainz 05Sat 6 Jun 2020 · home win said63 in 100

Which clubs beat Vesta's expectationsClubs v Vesta

points won against the points Vesta's forecasts gave (3 × win + draw), these matches
Underrated: more points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Eintracht Frankfurt311456446.5+9.5
Bayer Leverkusen183930.3+8.7
Augsburg192419.0+5.0
Wolfsburg182722.2+4.8
Borussia Dortmund183632.2+3.8
FC Cologne141815.9+2.1
Arminia Bielefeld453.0+2.0
Bochum897.3+1.7
Paderborn231.6+1.4
Schalke 04101110.1+0.9
Union Berlin152019.1+0.9
Werder Bremen161817.3+0.7
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Hoffenheim181324.9−11.9
Freiburg191522.6−7.6
RasenBallsport Leipzig192834.1−6.1
Borussia M.Gladbach181823.6−5.6
Hannover 96404.7−4.7
FC Heidenheim615.6−4.6
VfB Stuttgart161721.4−4.4
Bayern Munich183841.5−3.5
Fortuna Duesseldorf413.7−2.7
St. Pauli424.0−2.0
Holstein Kiel201.7−1.7
Greuther Fuerth211.7−0.7

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Eintracht Frankfurt's matches; the current season so far
CSV
SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2026-27Bundesliga5472025403.165.000.235
2025-26Bundesliga34515924323.133.710.176
2024-25Bundesliga34515624263.193.350.189
2023-24Bundesliga34524425412.972.970.188
2022-23Bundesliga34504125322.943.240.205
2021-22Bundesliga34503825353.042.760.237
2020-21Bundesliga34514724353.103.590.203
2019-20Bundesliga34523824183.063.500.258
2018-19Bundesliga34515324262.913.180.208
2017-18Bundesliga34485027212.572.650.209

Each season from 2017-18 was hidden from Vesta and forecast with a model fitted only on the seasons before it, the same model that publishes today's forecasts (checked Tue 13 Oct 2026). These are the forecasts of past seasons, not the published ones: the public record of forecasts made before kick-off starts on 30 Sep 2026 and lives in Vesta's track record.

Related questions