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Ajax Cape Town vs Cape Town City — Premier Soccer League 2018

Ajax Cape Town
Ajax Cape Town
FT
0 – 2
HT: 0 – 1
Cape Town City
Cape Town City
12/31/2023Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Round 13DHL Cape Town Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Ajax Cape Town35%
×Draw30%
Cape Town City35%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Ajax Cape Town
1.07
Cape Town City
1.08

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 19 home / 109 away

creates per match

Ajax Cape Town
0.95
Cape Town City
0.95

allows per match

Ajax Cape Town
1.21
Cape Town City
1.19

finishing

Ajax Cape Town+0.00on par
Cape Town City+0.00on par

Total goals

64%Under
  • Under64
  • Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Ajax Cape Town ↓

Cape Town City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–012%
0–113%
0–27%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–012%
1–113%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–17%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–02%
3–13%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 0–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
63%37%2.5
36%64%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Ajax Cape Town or draw
65%
Ajax Cape Town or Cape Town City
70%
Draw or Cape Town City
65%

Winning margin

Ajax Cape Town wins by 2+
14%
Cape Town City wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Ajax Cape Town 1+ goals
66%
Ajax Cape Town 2+ goals
29%
Ajax Cape Town 3+ goals
9%
Cape Town City 1+ goals
66%
Cape Town City 2+ goals
29%
Cape Town City 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Ajax Cape Town (draw refunded)
50%
Cape Town City (draw refunded)
50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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

Ajax Cape Town at home — creates 0.95, concedes 1.21 · 19 matches

Cape Town City away — creates 0.95, concedes 1.19 · 109 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Ajax Cape Town attack 0.95 + Cape Town City defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.07

Cape Town City attack 0.95 + Ajax Cape Town defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.08

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 35%?"

Ajax Cape Town scores more
35%
level
30%
Cape Town City scores more
35%

Ajax Cape Town at 35% 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 35% does not mean "Ajax Cape Town 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

Premier Soccer League: Ajax Cape Town 0–2 Cape Town City

Cape Town City beat Ajax Cape Town 2-0 in Premier Soccer League on December 31, 2023.

The match was played at DHL Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, WC.