Match ☆ 24 Oct 2026 · 11:00 UTC
SCO · Scottish Cup · 2026
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The models forecast for this fixture
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure Bo'ness United Forfar Athletic
N — no-draw runmatches in a row without a draw 0 5
Max Nthis team's longest run ever 3 24
E — draw debtexpected draws over the current run 0.00 1.29
p50 — last 50draw rate over its last 50 matches 21.7% 24.0%
p100 — last 100draw rate over its last 100 matches 21.7% 27.0%
Draw % — all timeshare of every match drawn 21.7% 23.4%
Draw scorethe predictor ranking score 0.000 0.243
Rankposition in that ranking — 585

These are each team's figures as they stand today — this match has no stored Cross row, so they are not the numbers that held when it was played.

Team strength · Elo
Bo'ness United 1,489
Forfar Athletic 1,353
Rating gap +201 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 20.6% 200–299 · 49,470 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 1.74 – 1.15 home – away
Home win 50.7%
Draw 24.8% every level score added up
Away win 24.6%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 23.4% 70% goals model · 30% Elo gap
Goals model said 24.8% form only
This Elo gap said 20.6% 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 17.2% five signals, then recalibrated
95% band 17.2% – 17.5% how unsure the fit is, not the match
The blend says 23.4% 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.