Celje vs Ararat-Armenia UEFA Champions League prediction & result
Final score: Celje 2-0 Ararat-Armenia.
Before kick-off the model made it 55% Celje, 23% draw, 22% Ararat-Armenia — fair odds of 1.82, 4.35 and 4.55. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
The model called the result correctly.
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Has the model earned this number?
It puts Celje at 55% here. Across 2485 settled matches, 635 forecasts have landed in the 50–65% band; those outcomes actually happened 52.3% of the time, against an average forecast of 55.7%. In this range the two line up, so the figure above can be read literally.
Every settled prediction on this site is scored against an uninformed baseline, band by band, and published whether or not it flatters the model — see the full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 2 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Celje vs Ararat-Armenia
Line-ups
- 1Z. LebanG
- 2P. SirvysD
- 4D. HrkaM
- 6A. TutyskinasD
- 33L. KoutrisD
- 8M. KvesicM
- 19M. ZabukovnikM
- 10S. SeslarM
- 77M. IvansekM
- 47A. Kucys
- 11M. AvdyliM
- 12L. KolarG
- 23Z. FrelihG
- 3D. VuklisevicD
- 7B. VerbicM
- 17A. KotnikF
- 20A. DionkouD
- 25V. TushaM
- 27I. CalusicD
- 91Y. DukulyM
- 98Joao Bravim
- 3Junior Julio
- 43B. R. Wilson ValdezD
- 47A. MalisD
- 16E. GrigoryanD
- 2H. OliveiraD
- 19K. MuradyanM
- 20A. TeraM
- 77A. SerobyanM
- 91Sandro LimaF
- 11Z. BanjaquiM
- 1A. NersesyanG
- 5Luis FelipeD
- 6M. AyvazyanM
- 7Z. ShaghoyanM
- 8J. A. BalantaM
- 9A. EloyanF
- 14B. PereiraD
- 17M. CarlierM
- 25A. NdourF
Form going into Celje vs Ararat-Armenia
Celje
- L1-2away to Ararat-Armenia4 August 2026
- D1-1Egnatia Rrogozhinë28 July 2026
- D3-3away to Egnatia Rrogozhinë22 July 2026
Ararat-Armenia
- W2-1Celje4 August 2026
- L1-2away to Shamrock Rovers28 July 2026
- W2-0Shamrock Rovers21 July 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
UEFA Europa League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Celje | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 36 | Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Celje vs Ararat-Armenia
- 11 August 2026Celje 2–0 Ararat-ArmeniaUEFA Champions League
- 4 August 2026Ararat-Armenia 2–1 CeljeUEFA Champions League
- 24 September 2020Ararat-Armenia 1–0 CeljeUEFA Europa League