Alloa Athletic 0–1 Cowdenbeath: Result & Stats

Alloa Athletic

0 – 1

HT: 0 – 0

Cowdenbeath

7/13/2021

League Cup · Group Stage - 3Indodrill Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 10+ matches

Alloa Athletic58%

×Draw22%

Cowdenbeath20%

✓ 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 matchCowdenbeath

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.

1.89

1.02

Alloa Athletic

1.89

Cowdenbeath

1.02

Alloa Athletic creates 85% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 10 away

1.57

creates per match

0.40

1.64

allows per match

2.20

creates per match

Alloa Athletic

1.57

Cowdenbeath

0.40

allows per match

Alloa Athletic

1.64

Cowdenbeath

2.20

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Alloa Athletic+0.00on par

Cowdenbeath+0.00on par

Total goals

Over55
Under45

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes54
No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Alloa Athletic ↓

Cowdenbeath →

0–05%

0–16%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1–010%

1–111%

1–25%

1–32%

1–40%

2–010%

2–110%

2–25%

2–32%

2–40%

3–06%

3–16%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4–03%

4–13%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

95%5%1.5

79%21%2.5

55%45%3.5

33%67%4.5

17%83%

Double chance

Alloa Athletic or draw

80%

Alloa Athletic or Cowdenbeath

78%

Draw or Cowdenbeath

42%

Winning margin

Alloa Athletic wins by 2+

34%

Cowdenbeath wins by 2+

Team goals

Alloa Athletic 1+ goals

85%

Alloa Athletic 2+ goals

56%

Alloa Athletic 3+ goals

29%

Cowdenbeath 1+ goals

64%

Cowdenbeath 2+ goals

27%

Cowdenbeath 3+ goals

Draw no bet

Alloa Athletic (draw refunded)

74%

Cowdenbeath (draw refunded)

26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

44%

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

Cowdenbeath away — creates 0.40, concedes 2.20 · 10 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 + Cowdenbeath defence 2.20 → ÷2 → 1.89

Cowdenbeath attack 0.40 + Alloa Athletic defence 1.64 → ÷2 → 1.02

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 58%?"

Alloa Athletic scores more

58%

level

22%

Cowdenbeath scores more

20%

Alloa Athletic at 58% 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 58% 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