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Africa Sports vs TandaLigue 1 2019

3/4/2020Ligue 1Ligue 1 · Round 19Stade Robert Champroux

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 18+ matches

Africa Sports36%
×Draw26%
Tanda38%
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.

Africa Sports
1.29
Tanda
1.33

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 24 home / 18 away

creates per match

Africa Sports
1.08
Tanda
1.50

allows per match

Africa Sports
1.17
Tanda
1.50

finishing

Africa Sports+0.00on par
Tanda+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Under
  • Under51
  • Over49

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Africa Sports

Tanda
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
0110%
026%
033%
041%
1
109%
1113%
128%
134%
141%
2
206%
218%
225%
232%
241%
3
303%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · 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
12%88%

Double chance

Africa Sports or draw
62%
Africa Sports or Tanda
74%
Draw or Tanda
64%

Winning margin

Africa Sports wins by 2+
16%
Tanda wins by 2+
17%

Team goals

Africa Sports 1+ goals
72%
Africa Sports 2+ goals
37%
Africa Sports 3+ goals
14%
Tanda 1+ goals
74%
Tanda 2+ goals
38%
Tanda 3+ goals
15%

Draw no bet

Africa Sports (draw refunded)
49%
Tanda (draw refunded)
51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Africa Sports at homecreates 1.08, concedes 1.17 · 24 matches

Tanda awaycreates 1.50, concedes 1.50 · 18 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Africa Sports attack 1.08 + Tanda defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.29

Tanda attack 1.50 + Africa Sports defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.33

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 38%?"

Africa Sports scores more
36%
level
26%
Tanda scores more
38%

Tanda at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Tanda 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

Africa Sports 2 – 4 Tanda

Tanda beat Africa Sports 4-2 in Ligue 1 on March 4, 2020.

The match was played at Stade Robert Champroux in Abidjan.