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Aston Villa vs West Brom — Championship 2018

Aston Villa
Aston Villaadvanced
FT
2 – 1
HT: 0 – 1
West Brom
West Brom
5/11/2019ChampionshipChampionship · Promotion Play-offs - Semi-finalsVilla Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 28+ matches

Aston Villa45%
×Draw24%
West Brom31%
✓ 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.

Aston Villa
1.65
West Brom
1.34

Aston Villa creates 23% more chances

Season form · 28 home / 163 away

creates per match

Aston Villa
2.04
West Brom
1.18

allows per match

Aston Villa
1.50
West Brom
1.26

finishing

Aston Villa+0.00on par
West Brom+0.00on par

Total goals

57%Over
  • Over57
  • Under43

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

60%Yes
  • Yes60
  • No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Aston Villa ↓

West Brom →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–17%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–111%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–23%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
80%20%2.5
57%43%3.5
35%65%4.5
18%82%

Double chance

Aston Villa or draw
69%
Aston Villa or West Brom
76%
Draw or West Brom
55%

Winning margin

Aston Villa wins by 2+
23%
West Brom wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Aston Villa 1+ goals
81%
Aston Villa 2+ goals
49%
Aston Villa 3+ goals
23%
West Brom 1+ goals
74%
West Brom 2+ goals
39%
West Brom 3+ goals
15%

Draw no bet

Aston Villa (draw refunded)
59%
West Brom (draw refunded)
41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
48%
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.

1

Recent form of each side

Aston Villa at home — creates 2.04, concedes 1.50 · 28 matches

West Brom away — creates 1.18, concedes 1.26 · 163 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Aston Villa attack 2.04 + West Brom defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.65

West Brom attack 1.18 + Aston Villa defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.34

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 45%?"

Aston Villa scores more
45%
level
24%
West Brom scores more
31%

Aston Villa at 45% 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 45% does not mean "Aston Villa 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: Aston Villa vs West Brom

Aston Villa beat West Brom 2-1 in Championship on May 11, 2019.

The match was played at Villa Park in Birmingham.