Akron vs Fakel — Premier League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 32+ matches
Akron42%
Fakel33%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
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.
Akron creates 15% more chances
Season form · 32 home / 46 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Akron ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Akron at home — creates 1.25, concedes 1.81 · 32 matches
Fakel away — creates 0.74, concedes 1.67 · 46 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Akron attack 1.25 + Fakel defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.46
Fakel attack 0.74 + Akron defence 1.81 → ÷2 → 1.27
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 42%?"
Akron at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Akron 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.
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Statistics
Akron host Fakel on Sunday, 13 April 2025 at 11:30. The match is part of the Premier League 2018/2019 season.
Premier League: Akron 1–0 Fakel
Akron beat Fakel 1-0 in Premier League on April 13, 2025.
Goals: A. Dzyuba (72' pen).
Akron controlled possession (56%) and registered 17 shots to 8.
The match was played at Solidarnost Samara Arena in Samara.