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AC Milan vs Sampdoria — Serie A 2018

AC Milan
AC Milan
FT
5 – 1
HT: 3 – 1
Sampdoria
Sampdoria
5/20/2023Serie ASerie A · Round 36Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 94+ matches

AC Milan53%
×Draw24%
Sampdoria23%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

AC Milan
1.72
Sampdoria
1.05

AC Milan creates 64% more chances

Season form · 133 home / 94 away

creates per match

AC Milan
1.62
Sampdoria
1.10

allows per match

AC Milan
1.00
Sampdoria
1.81

finishing

AC Milan+0.00on par
Sampdoria+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

AC Milan ↓

Sampdoria →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–17%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–011%
1–111%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–16%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

AC Milan or draw
77%
AC Milan or Sampdoria
76%
Draw or Sampdoria
47%

Winning margin

AC Milan wins by 2+
29%
Sampdoria wins by 2+
8%

Team goals

AC Milan 1+ goals
82%
AC Milan 2+ goals
51%
AC Milan 3+ goals
25%
Sampdoria 1+ goals
65%
Sampdoria 2+ goals
28%
Sampdoria 3+ goals
9%

Draw no bet

AC Milan (draw refunded)
70%
Sampdoria (draw refunded)
30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
Both score & under 3
11%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

AC Milan at home — creates 1.62, concedes 1.00 · 133 matches

Sampdoria away — creates 1.10, concedes 1.81 · 94 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

AC Milan attack 1.62 + Sampdoria defence 1.81 → ÷2 → 1.72

Sampdoria attack 1.10 + AC Milan defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.05

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 53%?"

AC Milan scores more
53%
level
24%
Sampdoria scores more
23%

AC Milan at 53% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 53% does not mean "AC Milan will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: AC Milan vs Sampdoria

AC Milan beat Sampdoria 5-1 in Serie A on May 20, 2023.

The match was played at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milano.