Eintracht Braunschweig vs Energie Cottbus 2. Bundesliga prediction & result
Final score: Eintracht Braunschweig 0-0 Energie Cottbus.
Before kick-off the model made it 41% Eintracht Braunschweig, 24% draw, 35% Energie Cottbus — fair odds of 2.44, 4.17 and 2.86.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
The model got this one wrong.
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Has the model earned this number?
Eintracht Braunschweig at 41%: of 2,957 settled 40–50% forecasts, 46.1% came in (average 43.9%). It can be read literally. 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. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Eintracht Braunschweig vs Energie Cottbus
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 1R. HoffmannG
- 8M. AydınD
- 21K. EhlersD
- 29L. FrenkertD
- 22F. Di Michele SanchezD
- 6F. FlickM
- 15Max MarieM
- 17A. OpokuM
- 30R. HeußerM
- 7Yann SturmM
- 11J. MijatovićF
- 19Junior Arlet ZéM
- 43D. KovacevicD
- 3N. KatterbachD
- 4A. HotiD
- 37S. RaebigerM
- 24S. SanéF
- 32B. UphoffG
- 27Jan UrbichF
- 26T. WagnerM
- 1M. LotkaG
- 3H. RorigD
- 2K. ManuD
- 21Luca ErleinD
- 25L. GuwaraD
- 32L. BittencourtM
- 8Lukas MichelbrinkM
- 11M. HannemannM
- 9L. CopadoM
- 7C. KinsombiM
- 31J. ButlerF
- 19J. BoziarisM
- 4T. CampulkaD
- 10T. CiğerciM
- 23Fousseny DoumbiaD
- 6J. HofmannM
- 29K. KratzschG
- 16R. MaloneD
- 13Dmytro BohdanovF
- 42J. ZaydanD
Form going into Eintracht Braunschweig vs Energie Cottbus
Eintracht Braunschweig
2. Bundesliga
- L1-3away to Arminia Bielefeld30 October 2026
- W2-0Hannover 9625 October 2026
- L0-2away to SpVgg Greuther Fürth17 October 2026
- W1-0Holstein Kiel9 October 2026
Energie Cottbus
2. Bundesliga
- L1-2VfL Bochum30 October 2026
- D1-1away to 1. FC Heidenheim24 October 2026
- D1-11. FC Nürnberg16 October 2026
- L1-3away to SV Darmstadt 9810 October 2026
What these results say
- Eintracht Braunschweig scored in 3 of these 4 matches.
- 3 of these 4 matches for Eintracht Braunschweig had two goals or fewer.
- Energie Cottbus did not win any of these 4 matches.
- Energie Cottbus scored in every one of these 4 matches.
- Energie Cottbus conceded in every one of these 4 matches.
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
2. Bundesliga table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Energie Cottbus | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 11 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Eintracht Braunschweig vs Energie Cottbus
- 11 January 2025Eintracht Braunschweig 4–2 Energie CottbusFriendlies Clubs
- 21 July 2024Eintracht Braunschweig 3–2 Energie CottbusFriendlies Clubs
- 18 May 2019Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Energie Cottbus3. Liga
- 15 December 2018Energie Cottbus 0–1 Eintracht Braunschweig3. Liga
- 6 May 2013Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 Energie Cottbus2. Bundesliga
- 24 November 2012Energie Cottbus 3–1 Eintracht Braunschweig2. Bundesliga
Leading scorers: Eintracht Braunschweig and Energie Cottbus
Eintracht Braunschweig
GoalsAssists
- Jan Urbich41
Energie Cottbus
GoalsAssists
- T. Ciğerci52
- J. Butler51
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Eintracht Braunschweig and Energie Cottbus drew 0–0. The model had leaned towards a win for Eintracht Braunschweig at 41% and given a draw 24%. At that figure it expects the outcome about once in every 4 matches like this one. On expected goals it finished 0.78–0.56.
What this result changed
Before kick-off the season simulation gave Eintracht Braunschweig a 17.9% chance to finish in the bottom two: 14.3% after a win, 18.3% after a draw, 22.0% after a defeat. The draw was the middle one of the three, and left the figure about where it was, at 18.3%.
For Energie Cottbus the question was the chance to finish in the bottom two, 16.1% going in: 10.4% after a win, 17.0% after a draw, 19.2% after a defeat. The draw was the middle one of the three, and left the figure at 17.0%, 0.9 points higher than before the match.
Read from our 2. Bundesliga season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.
How the call on Eintracht Braunschweig v Energie Cottbus has moved
First published on 23 Oct at 38% / 24% / 38% (home / draw / away). By kick-off, after 5 updates, it read 41% / 24% / 35%: the biggest move is Eintracht Braunschweig's chance of winning, up 3 points.
- Eintracht Braunschweig win41%▲ +3
- Draw24%=
- Energie Cottbus win35%▼ −3
Each update is a full rebuild of both sides' ratings from the latest results, and now and then a change to the model itself. The thin mark is the first published figure.
Goal trends
Over 1.5 goals
Over 2.5 goals
Over 3.5 goals
Both teams score
Outer rings: how often each side's most recent league matches before kick-off (up to 10 games; the count is under each ring) went over the line; middle ring: the model's probability for this match. Not betting advice. How to read this.