1. FC Köln scores shown first. Bivariate Poisson with team xG from recent form — most-likely score ≠ most-likely winner.
Probabilities derived from a Poisson model on expected goals. Edge % shown only when the book posts both sides of a market.
Joint probability comes from the score grid (the truth). Naïve is what a book gets by multiplying legs — they undershoot correlated positive legs like "home + BTTS" and overshoot anti-correlated ones like "draw + over 2.5". Buy positive correlation; avoid negative.
Model probabilities 1. FC Köln 38.2% · Draw 26.2% · TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 35.6% Why 1. FC Köln is favoured TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's Elo (1547) is +94 over 1. FC Köln (1454); high confidence. Head-to-head 3 prior meetings — 1. FC Köln 0W, 3D, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0W (draws are common). Last 3: 2-2, 0-1, 1-1. Calibration Raw model: 36.4% home · Platt-calibrated up to 38.2% based on historical reliability across this sport's graded matches.