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Ajax Cape Town vs Maritzburg Utd — Premier Soccer League 2018

Ajax Cape Town
Ajax Cape Town
FT
1 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Maritzburg Utd
Maritzburg Utd
6/3/2023Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Playoffs - 1Athlone Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Ajax Cape Town38%
×Draw31%
Maritzburg Utd31%
✓ 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
1.05
Maritzburg Utd
0.93

Ajax Cape Town creates 13% more chances

Season form · 19 home / 77 away

creates per match

Ajax Cape Town
0.95
Maritzburg Utd
0.64

allows per match

Ajax Cape Town
1.21
Maritzburg Utd
1.16

finishing

Ajax Cape Town+0.00on par
Maritzburg Utd+0.00on par

Total goals

68%Under
  • Under68
  • Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

61%No
  • No61
  • Yes39

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Ajax Cape Town ↓

Maritzburg Utd →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–014%
0–113%
0–26%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–113%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–08%
2–17%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–12%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 0–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
86%14%1.5
59%41%2.5
32%68%3.5
14%86%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Ajax Cape Town or draw
69%
Ajax Cape Town or Maritzburg Utd
69%
Draw or Maritzburg Utd
62%

Winning margin

Ajax Cape Town wins by 2+
15%
Maritzburg Utd wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Ajax Cape Town 1+ goals
65%
Ajax Cape Town 2+ goals
28%
Ajax Cape Town 3+ goals
9%
Maritzburg Utd 1+ goals
61%
Maritzburg Utd 2+ goals
24%
Maritzburg Utd 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Ajax Cape Town (draw refunded)
55%
Maritzburg Utd (draw refunded)
45%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
26%
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

Maritzburg Utd away — creates 0.64, concedes 1.16 · 77 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 + Maritzburg Utd defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.05

Maritzburg Utd attack 0.64 + Ajax Cape Town defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 0.93

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%?"

Ajax Cape Town scores more
38%
level
31%
Maritzburg Utd scores more
31%

Ajax Cape Town 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 "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

Match Recap: Ajax Cape Town vs Maritzburg Utd

Ajax Cape Town beat Maritzburg Utd 1-0 in Premier Soccer League on June 3, 2023.

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