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Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 34 league matches of Nuernberg 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 55. Draws: said 24, happened 29 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 55
Draws29 in 100Vesta said 24
Goals a match2.76Vesta expected 2.82
Likeliest score happened29 in 100Vesta said 13

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 1004125.622.0−3.7

The biggest surprises

results Vesta gave the least chance that happened
  1. Nuernberg 1-1 Bayern MunichSun 28 Apr 2019 · Bundesliga10 in 100
  2. Nuernberg 0-0 Borussia DortmundMon 18 Feb 2019 · Bundesliga20 in 100
  3. Nuernberg 1-1 Bayer LeverkusenMon 3 Dec 2018 · Bundesliga24 in 100
  4. Augsburg 2-2 NuernbergSat 3 Nov 2018 · Bundesliga24 in 100
  5. Nuernberg 1-1 Werder BremenSat 2 Feb 2019 · Bundesliga26 in 100
  6. Nuernberg 0-2 VfB StuttgartSat 10 Nov 2018 · Bundesliga26 in 100
  7. Nuernberg 1-1 Mainz 05Sat 1 Sep 2018 · Bundesliga27 in 100
  8. Nuernberg 1-1 Eintracht FrankfurtSun 28 Oct 2018 · Bundesliga27 in 100
  9. VfB Stuttgart 1-1 NuernbergSat 6 Apr 2019 · Bundesliga27 in 100
  10. Werder Bremen 1-1 NuernbergSun 16 Sep 2018 · Bundesliga29 in 100
  11. Nuernberg 1-1 Schalke 04Fri 12 Apr 2019 · Bundesliga29 in 100
  12. Nuernberg 3-0 AugsburgSat 30 Mar 2019 · Bundesliga32 in 100

The surest calls that missed

the strongest favourites that did not win
  1. Nuernberg 1-1 Bayern MunichSun 28 Apr 2019 · away win said86 in 100
  2. Nuernberg 0-0 Borussia DortmundMon 18 Feb 2019 · away win said68 in 100
  3. Augsburg 2-2 NuernbergSat 3 Nov 2018 · home win said58 in 100
  4. Nuernberg 1-1 Bayer LeverkusenMon 3 Dec 2018 · away win said53 in 100
  5. Nuernberg 1-1 Mainz 05Sat 1 Sep 2018 · home win said51 in 100
  6. Nuernberg 1-1 Werder BremenSat 2 Feb 2019 · away win said49 in 100
  7. VfB Stuttgart 1-1 NuernbergSat 6 Apr 2019 · home win said49 in 100
  8. Nuernberg 0-2 VfB StuttgartSat 10 Nov 2018 · home win said46 in 100
  9. Nuernberg 1-1 Eintracht FrankfurtSun 28 Oct 2018 · away win said44 in 100
  10. Werder Bremen 1-1 NuernbergSun 16 Sep 2018 · home win said44 in 100
  11. Nuernberg 3-0 AugsburgSat 30 Mar 2019 · away win said40 in 100
  12. Nuernberg 1-1 Schalke 04Fri 12 Apr 2019 · away win said39 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
Freiburg262.9+3.1
Wolfsburg263.4+2.6
Hertha Berlin263.7+2.3
Borussia M.Gladbach263.8+2.2
Hoffenheim264.1+1.9
RasenBallsport Leipzig264.2+1.8
Mainz 05242.8+1.2
VfB Stuttgart242.8+1.2
Schalke 04243.5+0.5
Hannover 96232.6+0.4
Fortuna Duesseldorf232.7+0.3
Eintracht Frankfurt243.9+0.1
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Nuernberg341932.8−13.8
Augsburg213.5−2.5
Bayern Munich245.4−1.4
Werder Bremen223.3−1.3
Bayer Leverkusen244.2−0.2
Borussia Dortmund244.2−0.2
Eintracht Frankfurt243.9+0.1
Fortuna Duesseldorf232.7+0.3
Hannover 96232.6+0.4
Schalke 04243.5+0.5
VfB Stuttgart242.8+1.2
Mainz 05242.8+1.2

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Nuernberg's matches; the current season so far
CSV
SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2018-19Bundesliga34556224292.822.760.157

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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