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Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 34 league matches of Greuther Fuerth since 2017-18, each forecast by a model that had not seen that season, Vesta's likeliest result happened 62 times in 100; it said 58. Draws: said 23, happened 26 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

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Matches34each forecast before its season
Likeliest result happened62 in 100Vesta said 58
Draws26 in 100Vesta said 23
Goals a match3.24Vesta expected 3.03
Likeliest score happened9 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
20–30 in 1003725.121.6−3.4

The biggest surprises

results Vesta gave the least chance that happened
  1. Greuther Fuerth 1-0 Union BerlinSun 12 Dec 2021 · Bundesliga19 in 100
  2. Greuther Fuerth 2-1 Mainz 05Sat 22 Jan 2022 · Bundesliga20 in 100
  3. Hoffenheim 0-0 Greuther FuerthSun 17 Apr 2022 · Bundesliga20 in 100
  4. Union Berlin 1-1 Greuther FuerthFri 29 Apr 2022 · Bundesliga21 in 100
  5. Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Greuther FuerthSat 2 Apr 2022 · Bundesliga23 in 100
  6. Greuther Fuerth 0-0 FreiburgSat 19 Mar 2022 · Bundesliga24 in 100
  7. Greuther Fuerth 1-1 FC CologneSat 26 Feb 2022 · Bundesliga26 in 100
  8. Greuther Fuerth 0-0 VfB StuttgartSat 8 Jan 2022 · Bundesliga27 in 100
  9. Greuther Fuerth 0-0 AugsburgSat 18 Dec 2021 · Bundesliga28 in 100
  10. Greuther Fuerth 1-1 Arminia BielefeldSat 21 Aug 2021 · Bundesliga28 in 100
  11. Arminia Bielefeld 2-2 Greuther FuerthSun 16 Jan 2022 · Bundesliga28 in 100
  12. Greuther Fuerth 2-1 Hertha BerlinSat 12 Feb 2022 · Bundesliga30 in 100

The surest calls that missed

the strongest favourites that did not win
  1. Union Berlin 1-1 Greuther FuerthFri 29 Apr 2022 · home win said69 in 100
  2. Hoffenheim 0-0 Greuther FuerthSun 17 Apr 2022 · home win said69 in 100
  3. Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Greuther FuerthSat 2 Apr 2022 · home win said62 in 100
  4. Greuther Fuerth 0-0 FreiburgSat 19 Mar 2022 · away win said58 in 100
  5. Greuther Fuerth 1-0 Union BerlinSun 12 Dec 2021 · away win said57 in 100
  6. Greuther Fuerth 2-1 Mainz 05Sat 22 Jan 2022 · away win said54 in 100
  7. Greuther Fuerth 1-1 FC CologneSat 26 Feb 2022 · away win said49 in 100
  8. Arminia Bielefeld 2-2 Greuther FuerthSun 16 Jan 2022 · home win said49 in 100
  9. Greuther Fuerth 0-0 VfB StuttgartSat 8 Jan 2022 · away win said45 in 100
  10. Greuther Fuerth 0-1 BochumSat 16 Oct 2021 · home win said42 in 100
  11. Greuther Fuerth 2-1 Hertha BerlinSat 12 Feb 2022 · away win said41 in 100
  12. Greuther Fuerth 0-0 AugsburgSat 18 Dec 2021 · away win said40 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
Bochum263.1+2.9
Wolfsburg263.9+2.1
Borussia M.Gladbach264.0+2.0
Bayer Leverkusen264.5+1.5
RasenBallsport Leipzig264.9+1.1
Borussia Dortmund264.9+1.1
Augsburg243.2+0.8
FC Cologne243.4+0.6
Bayern Munich265.6+0.4
VfB Stuttgart243.7+0.3
Eintracht Frankfurt243.8+0.2
Freiburg243.9+0.1
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Greuther Fuerth341827.5−9.5
Union Berlin214.2−3.2
Arminia Bielefeld223.0−1.0
Mainz 05233.5−0.5
Hoffenheim244.2−0.2
Hertha Berlin233.2−0.2
Freiburg243.9+0.1
Eintracht Frankfurt243.8+0.2
VfB Stuttgart243.7+0.3
Bayern Munich265.6+0.4
FC Cologne243.4+0.6
Augsburg243.2+0.8

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Greuther Fuerth's matches; the current season so far
CSV
SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2021-22Bundesliga34586223263.033.240.153

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.

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