Alloa Athletic 4–2 Arbroath: Result & Stats

Alloa Athletic

4 – 2

HT: 4 – 2

Arbroath

7/17/2018

League Cup · Group Stage - 4Indodrill Stadium (Alloa)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 14+ matches

Alloa Athletic42%

×Draw24%

Arbroath34%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Alloa AthleticExpected goals in this matchArbroath

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.

1.63

1.44

Alloa Athletic

1.63

Arbroath

1.44

Alloa Athletic creates 13% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 16 away

1.57

creates per match

1.25

1.64

allows per match

1.69

creates per match

Alloa Athletic

1.57

Arbroath

1.25

allows per match

Alloa Athletic

1.64

Arbroath

1.69

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Alloa Athletic+0.00on par

Arbroath+0.00on par

Total goals

Over59
Under41

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes61
No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Alloa Athletic ↓

Arbroath →

0–05%

0–17%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1–08%

1–111%

1–28%

1–34%

1–41%

2–06%

2–19%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3–03%

3–15%

3–23%

3–32%

3–41%

4–01%

4–12%

4–21%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

95%5%1.5

81%19%2.5

59%41%3.5

37%63%4.5

19%81%

Double chance

Alloa Athletic or draw

66%

Alloa Athletic or Arbroath

76%

Draw or Arbroath

58%

Winning margin

Alloa Athletic wins by 2+

21%

Arbroath wins by 2+

16%

Team goals

Alloa Athletic 1+ goals

80%

Alloa Athletic 2+ goals

48%

Alloa Athletic 3+ goals

22%

Arbroath 1+ goals

76%

Arbroath 2+ goals

42%

Arbroath 3+ goals

18%

Draw no bet

Alloa Athletic (draw refunded)

55%

Arbroath (draw refunded)

45%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

50%

Both score & under 3

11%

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

Alloa Athletic at home — creates 1.57, concedes 1.64 · 14 matches

Arbroath away — creates 1.25, concedes 1.69 · 16 matches

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

Expected goals for this match

Alloa Athletic attack 1.57 + Arbroath defence 1.69 → ÷2 → 1.63

Arbroath attack 1.25 + Alloa Athletic defence 1.64 → ÷2 → 1.44

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%?"

Alloa Athletic scores more

42%

level

24%

Arbroath scores more

34%

Alloa Athletic 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 "Alloa Athletic 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