FC Baltika Kaliningrad v Rostov — Prediction, Odds & Stats
Sunday 18 October 2026 · RUS-Premier League · 2627
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AI prediction
ai-blend v1.0 dailyCalibrated: the model's number corrected by how often calls at that confidence have landed, out of sample (3,060 settled matches in the thinnest band), then normalised. The smaller figure is the raw model output.
Top 5 scorelines
- 1-0 17.7%
- 0-0 15.1%
- 1-1 12.8%
- 2-0 12.8%
- 2-1 7.9%
Goals
| Over 2.5 | 31.5% | Under 2.5 | 68.5% |
| BTTS yes | 35.3% | BTTS no | 64.7% |
| FC Baltika Kaliningrad 1+ | 74.2% | FC Baltika Kaliningrad 2+ | 39.2% |
| Rostov 1+ | 46.0% | Rostov 2+ | 12.7% |
Expected goals 1.35 – 0.62. Every market above is read off one scoreline distribution.
Footing
Positive factors
- FC Baltika Kaliningrad carry the stronger rating, 1569 Elo against 1436.
- Form is good: 2.00 points a match from the last five.
Risk factors
- No specific risk flags beyond the usual variance of a football match.
Why the model thinks this
The price
FC Baltika Kaliningrad have an estimated 51.4% win probability, against 30.6% for the draw and 18.0% for Rostov. Expected goals from the ensemble are 1.35 for FC Baltika Kaliningrad and 0.62 for Rostov.
Why FC Baltika Kaliningrad
FC Baltika Kaliningrad carry the stronger rating, 1569 Elo against 1436. Form is good: 2.00 points a match from the last five.
Why the draw is live
The draw sits at 30.6%. A combined 1.97 expected goals is a low-scoring profile, and low totals mean more level finishes. Draws run at 28% in this competition.
Why Rostov can win
Nothing in the data singles out Rostov.
Key players
No player-level data for this fixture; the leagues with lineups are the big five.
Availability
No lineup on record for FC Baltika Kaliningrad, so availability is unknown. No lineup on record for Rostov, so availability is unknown.
The matchup, as far as the data reaches
FC Baltika Kaliningrad: 36% possession, 13.2 shots a match, 9.0 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces. Rostov: 49% possession, 12.2 shots a match, 11.2 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces.
Inputs last refreshed: matches 2026-09-05 22:20 · team_stats 2026-09-05 09:41 · availability 2026-09-05 21:03 · prediction 2026-09-05 18:39 ·
FC Baltika Kaliningrad are the model's most likely outcome at 51.4%. The likeliest scoreline is 1-0 at 17.7%. Confidence 78/100, data quality 65/100. These are probabilities, not certainties: the less likely outcome happens as often as its number says.
Written from the numbers the model saw, not by a language model; nothing here is a statistic the snapshot does not hold. How predictions work.
Was this pick made in advance?
-oos is out of sample: it was fitted only on matches
played before this one, so its pick is a genuine forecast rather than hindsight.
Anything without that suffix was fitted on all available data.What the model said
| Model | Home / Draw / Away | Expected goals | Likeliest score | O2.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dc-xg | 1.18–0.52 | 1-0 20% | 24% | 29% |
A model whose name ends -oos was produced by the walk-forward backtest:
it was fitted only on matches played before this one, so the pick is genuinely out of sample.