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America de Cali vs Santa FePrimera A 2018

S. Moreno 78'
D. Vergara 62'
Y. Cabrera 24'
12/20/2020Primera APrimera A · Championship - FinalEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 10+ matches

America de Cali47%
×Draw29%
Santa Fe24%
Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.5%
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: 50.5% correct across 581,483 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.

America de Cali
1.29
Santa Fe
0.84

America de Cali creates 54% more chances

Season form · 12 home / 10 away

creates per match

America de Cali
1.37
Santa Fe
0.86

allows per match

America de Cali
0.83
Santa Fe
1.22

finishing

America de Cali-0.04on par
Santa Fe+0.24scores more

Total goals

64%Under
  • Under64
  • Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

59%No
  • No59
  • Yes41

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

America de Cali

Santa Fe
0
1
2
3
4
0
0012%
0110%
024%
031%
040%
1
1015%
1113%
125%
132%
140%
2
2010%
218%
223%
231%
240%
3
304%
314%
322%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · 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
6%94%

Double chance

America de Cali or draw
76%
America de Cali or Santa Fe
71%
Draw or Santa Fe
53%

Winning margin

America de Cali wins by 2+
22%
Santa Fe wins by 2+
8%

Team goals

America de Cali 1+ goals
72%
America de Cali 2+ goals
37%
America de Cali 3+ goals
14%
Santa Fe 1+ goals
57%
Santa Fe 2+ goals
21%
Santa Fe 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

America de Cali (draw refunded)
66%
Santa Fe (draw refunded)
34%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
28%
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

America de Cali at homecreates 1.37, concedes 0.83 · 12 matches

Santa Fe awaycreates 0.86, concedes 1.22 · 10 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

America de Cali attack 1.37 + Santa Fe defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.29

Santa Fe attack 0.86 + America de Cali defence 0.83 → ÷2 → 0.84

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 47%?"

America de Cali scores more
47%
level
29%
Santa Fe scores more
24%

America de Cali at 47% 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 47% does not mean "America de Cali 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.

America
Santa
J. Real
Manager: J. Real
52'R. UreñaL. Paz
52'D. QuiñonesE. Velasco
73'R. CarrascalL. Sánchez
80'J. AriasY. Cabrera
81'A. RodríguezA. Ramos

America de Cali substitutes

H. Rivera
Manager: H. Rivera
59'L. SeijasK. Osorio
65'J. PedrozaA. Pérez
65'D. ValdesJ. Ramos
76'M. GómezF. Sambueza
77'P. CucchiJ. Velásquez

Santa Fe substitutes

Primera A: America de Cali 3–0 Santa Fe

America de Cali beat Santa Fe 3-0 in Primera A on December 20, 2020.

Goals: Y. Cabrera (24'), D. Vergara (62'), S. Moreno (78').

The match was played at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Santiago de Cali.