Match ☆ 23 Dec 2026 · 19:45 UTC
SCO · Scottish League Two · 2026
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The models forecast for this fixture
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure Elgin City Forfar Athletic
N — no-draw runmatches in a row without a draw 6 5
Max Nthis team's longest run ever 25 24
E — draw debtexpected draws over the current run 1.45 1.29
p50 — last 50draw rate over its last 50 matches 26.0% 24.0%
p100 — last 100draw rate over its last 100 matches 23.0% 27.0%
Draw % — all timeshare of every match drawn 20.1% 23.4%
Draw scorethe predictor ranking score 0.255 0.243
Rankposition in that ranking 547 585
Σ Nboth sides' runs added 11
Σ Eboth sides' draw debt added 2.74
Σ Scorewhat the Cross predictor orders by 0.498
Team strength · Elo
Elgin City 1,375
Forfar Athletic 1,353
Rating gap +87 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 25.2% 75–99 · 64,797 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 1.99 – 1.31 home – away
Home win 52.6%
Draw 22.7% every level score added up
Away win 24.7%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 23.3% 75% goals model · 25% Elo gap
Goals model said 22.7% form only
This Elo gap said 25.2% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

The regression · the logistic model
Logistic draw chance 22.5% five signals, then recalibrated
95% band 21.9% – 22.5% how unsure the fit is, not the match
The blend says 23.3% the older published reading

A regression over five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at this Elo gap, the expected goals in the fixture and the competition's own base draw rate — with an isotonic map on top to put the level back where reality is. Held out on a decade it never saw it beat the blend above, which is why both are shown here while one is chosen. This is a real forecast: the fixture had not been played when the model was fitted.

A forecast from every match played so far. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.