Sutton United v Forest Green Rovers — Prediction, Odds & Stats
Saturday 26 September 2026 · ENG-National League · 2627
ENG-National League results-only Prediction generated
AI prediction
ai-blend v1.0 dailyRaw model output; no calibration record for this fixture's bands yet.
Top 5 scorelines
- 1-1 11.9%
- 0-1 11.6%
- 1-2 9.1%
- 1-0 9.0%
- 0-2 8.1%
Goals
| Over 2.5 | 47.5% | Under 2.5 | 52.5% |
| BTTS yes | 51.1% | BTTS no | 48.9% |
| Sutton United 1+ | 67.1% | Sutton United 2+ | 30.6% |
| Forest Green Rovers 1+ | 76.8% | Forest Green Rovers 2+ | 42.9% |
Expected goals 1.11 – 1.46. Every market above is read off one scoreline distribution.
Footing
Positive factors
- Forest Green Rovers carry the stronger rating, 1520 Elo against 1480.
- Form is good: 3.00 points a match from the last five.
Risk factors
- Data quality is 20/100, so this price rests on less than the model would like.
- Sutton United have only 1 matches on record.
- Forest Green Rovers have only 1 matches on record.
Why the model thinks this
The price
Forest Green Rovers have an estimated 45.6% win probability, against 29.3% for Sutton United and 25.2% for the draw. Expected goals from the ensemble are 1.11 for Sutton United and 1.46 for Forest Green Rovers.
Why Sutton United
At home Sutton United average 1.35 xG a match.
Why the draw is live
The draw sits at 25.2%.
Why Forest Green Rovers can win
Forest Green Rovers carry the stronger rating, 1520 Elo against 1480. Form is good: 3.00 points a match from the last five.
Key players
No player-level data for this fixture; the leagues with lineups are the big five.
Availability
No lineup on record for Sutton United, so availability is unknown. No lineup on record for Forest Green Rovers, so availability is unknown.
The matchup, as far as the data reaches
Sutton United: 50% possession, 12.0 shots a match, 12.0 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces. Forest Green Rovers: 50% possession, 12.0 shots a match, 12.0 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces.
Inputs last refreshed: matches 2026-09-08 10:52 · team_stats 2026-09-08 06:03 · availability 2026-09-08 11:54 · prediction 2026-09-08 11:44 ·
Forest Green Rovers are the model's most likely outcome at 45.6%. The likeliest scoreline is 1-1 at 11.9%. Confidence 21/100, data quality 20/100. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ai-blend | 1.11–1.46 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| dc-xg | 1.04–1.72 | 0-1 11% | 52% | 53% |
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.