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AD Santa Rosa vs Municipal LiberiaLiga de Ascenso 2018

9/26/2018Liga de AscensoLiga de Ascenso · Apertura - 12Cancha de Santa Rosa (Santa Cruz)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 42+ matches

AD Santa Rosa37%
×Draw26%
Municipal Liberia36%
Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.6%
Always home
44.7%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.

AD Santa Rosa
1.33
Municipal Liberia
1.31

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 42 home / 80 away

creates per match

AD Santa Rosa
1.12
Municipal Liberia
1.35

allows per match

AD Santa Rosa
1.26
Municipal Liberia
1.55

finishing

AD Santa Rosa+0.00on par
Municipal Liberia+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Under
  • Under51
  • Over49

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

AD Santa Rosa

Municipal Liberia
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
019%
026%
033%
041%
1
109%
1112%
128%
134%
141%
2
206%
218%
225%
232%
241%
3
303%
314%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
74%26%2.5
49%51%3.5
27%73%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

AD Santa Rosa or draw
64%
AD Santa Rosa or Municipal Liberia
74%
Draw or Municipal Liberia
63%

Winning margin

AD Santa Rosa wins by 2+
17%
Municipal Liberia wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

AD Santa Rosa 1+ goals
74%
AD Santa Rosa 2+ goals
38%
AD Santa Rosa 3+ goals
15%
Municipal Liberia 1+ goals
73%
Municipal Liberia 2+ goals
38%
Municipal Liberia 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

AD Santa Rosa (draw refunded)
51%
Municipal Liberia (draw refunded)
49%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

AD Santa Rosa at homecreates 1.12, concedes 1.26 · 42 matches

Municipal Liberia awaycreates 1.35, concedes 1.55 · 80 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

AD Santa Rosa attack 1.12 + Municipal Liberia defence 1.55 → ÷2 → 1.33

Municipal Liberia attack 1.35 + AD Santa Rosa defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.31

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 37%?"

AD Santa Rosa scores more
37%
level
26%
Municipal Liberia scores more
36%

AD Santa Rosa at 37% 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 37% does not mean "AD Santa Rosa 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

AD Santa Rosa 2 – 1 Municipal Liberia

AD Santa Rosa beat Municipal Liberia 2-1 in Liga de Ascenso on September 26, 2018.

The match was played at Cancha de Santa Rosa (Santa Cruz).