Balıkesirspor vs Altay — 1. Lig 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 68+ matches
Balıkesirspor33%
Altay41%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Altay creates 15% more chances
Season form · 68 home / 77 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under50
- Over50
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Balıkesirspor ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Balıkesirspor at home — creates 1.04, concedes 1.65 · 68 matches
Altay away — creates 1.22, concedes 1.45 · 77 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Balıkesirspor attack 1.04 + Altay defence 1.45 → ÷2 → 1.25
Altay attack 1.22 + Balıkesirspor defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.44
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 41%?"
Altay at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Altay 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
4 previous meetings · small sample
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Adana DemirsporIf 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
Possession
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Statistics
Balıkesirspor host Altay on Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 13:00. The match is part of the 1. Lig 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Balıkesirspor vs Altay
Altay beat Balıkesirspor 3-0 in 1. Lig on March 14, 2021.
Goals: L. Kappel (15'), M. Uğurlu (41'), C. Karayel (90+4').
Altay controlled possession (74%) and registered 10 shots to 11.
The match was played at Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu in Balıkesir.