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Red Lions vs Ekwendeni Hammers — Super League 2026

Red Lions
Red Lions
FT
1 – 0
Ekwendeni Hammers
Ekwendeni Hammers
1/3/2021Super LeagueSuper League · Round 5Mpira Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 50+ matches

Red Lions43%
×Draw29%
Ekwendeni Hammers28%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
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% 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.

Red Lions
1.23
Ekwendeni Hammers
0.94

Red Lions creates 31% more chances

Season form · 50 home / 73 away

creates per match

Red Lions
0.88
Ekwendeni Hammers
0.88

allows per match

Red Lions
1.00
Ekwendeni Hammers
1.58

finishing

Red Lions+0.00on par
Ekwendeni Hammers+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Red Lions ↓

Ekwendeni Hammers →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–011%
0–111%
0–25%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–113%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–18%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–13%
3–22%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Red Lions or draw
72%
Red Lions or Ekwendeni Hammers
71%
Draw or Ekwendeni Hammers
57%

Winning margin

Red Lions wins by 2+
19%
Ekwendeni Hammers wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Red Lions 1+ goals
71%
Red Lions 2+ goals
35%
Red Lions 3+ goals
13%
Ekwendeni Hammers 1+ goals
61%
Ekwendeni Hammers 2+ goals
24%
Ekwendeni Hammers 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Red Lions (draw refunded)
60%
Ekwendeni Hammers (draw refunded)
40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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

Red Lions at home — creates 0.88, concedes 1.00 · 50 matches

Ekwendeni Hammers away — creates 0.88, concedes 1.58 · 73 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Red Lions attack 0.88 + Ekwendeni Hammers defence 1.58 → ÷2 → 1.23

Ekwendeni Hammers attack 0.88 + Red Lions defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.94

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 43%?"

Red Lions scores more
43%
level
29%
Ekwendeni Hammers scores more
28%

Red Lions at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Red Lions 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

Match Recap: Red Lions vs Ekwendeni Hammers

Red Lions beat Ekwendeni Hammers 1-0 in Super League on January 3, 2021.

The match was played at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre.