Avangard Kursk vs Nizhny Novgorod — First League 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 39+ matches
Avangard Kursk35%
Nizhny Novgorod37%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 39 home / 55 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under56
- Over44
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No51
- Yes49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Avangard Kursk ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
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
Avangard Kursk at home — creates 1.44, concedes 1.23 · 39 matches
Nizhny Novgorod away — creates 1.24, concedes 0.95 · 55 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Avangard Kursk attack 1.44 + Nizhny Novgorod defence 0.95 → ÷2 → 1.19
Nizhny Novgorod attack 1.24 + Avangard Kursk defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.23
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 37%?"
Nizhny Novgorod at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Nizhny Novgorod 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.
Match Events
Nizhny Novgorod substitutes
Tambov
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TOM TomskNizhny Novgorod
Chertanovo Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Ska-khabarovskAvangard Kursk
Khimki
Krasnodar 2
Rotor Volgograd
Mordovia Saransk
Luch-Energiya
Spartak Moscow 2
FC Armavir
Baltika
Fakel Voronezh
Sibir
Zenit 2
TyumenIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Avangard Kursk host Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday, 12 May 2018 at 11:00. The match is part of the First League 2026/2027 season.
First League: Avangard Kursk 2–3 Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod beat Avangard Kursk 3-2 in First League on May 12, 2018.
Goals: R. Bolov (20' o.g., 53'), D. Fomin (36'), A. Filin (55'), A. Voynov (84').
The match was played at Stadion Trudovye Reservy (Kursk).