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Académica do Soyo vs ProgressoGirabola 2012

10/3/2012GirabolaGirabola · Round 28Estádio dos Embondeiros

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 10+ matches

Académica do Soyo47%
×Draw27%
Progresso26%
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.

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.

Académica do Soyo
1.42
Progresso
0.98

Académica do Soyo creates 45% more chances

Season form · 10 home / 56 away

creates per match

Académica do Soyo
1.10
Progresso
0.66

allows per match

Académica do Soyo
1.30
Progresso
1.73

finishing

Académica do Soyo+0.00on par
Progresso+0.00on par

Total goals

57%Under
  • Under57
  • Over43

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

53%No
  • No53
  • Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Académica do Soyo

Progresso
0
1
2
3
4
0
009%
019%
024%
031%
040%
1
1013%
1113%
126%
132%
140%
2
209%
219%
224%
231%
240%
3
304%
314%
322%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
69%31%2.5
43%57%3.5
22%78%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Académica do Soyo or draw
74%
Académica do Soyo or Progresso
73%
Draw or Progresso
53%

Winning margin

Académica do Soyo wins by 2+
23%
Progresso wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Académica do Soyo 1+ goals
76%
Académica do Soyo 2+ goals
41%
Académica do Soyo 3+ goals
17%
Progresso 1+ goals
62%
Progresso 2+ goals
26%
Progresso 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Académica do Soyo (draw refunded)
64%
Progresso (draw refunded)
36%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
35%
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

Académica do Soyo at homecreates 1.10, concedes 1.30 · 10 matches

Progresso awaycreates 0.66, concedes 1.73 · 56 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Académica do Soyo attack 1.10 + Progresso defence 1.73 → ÷2 → 1.42

Progresso attack 0.66 + Académica do Soyo defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 0.98

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%?"

Académica do Soyo scores more
47%
level
27%
Progresso scores more
26%

Académica do Soyo 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 "Académica do Soyo 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

Académica do Soyo 1 – 1 Progresso

Académica do Soyo and Progresso drew 1-1 in Girabola on October 3, 2012.

The match was played at Estádio dos Embondeiros.