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Barbados Soccer Academy vs Empire ClubPremier League 2019

5/5/2019Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 1Wildey Turf (Sir Garfield Sobers Complex) (Bridgetown)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 11+ matches

Barbados Soccer Academy14%
×Draw16%
Empire Club70%
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.

Barbados Soccer Academy
1.25
Empire Club
2.90

Empire Club creates 132% more chances

Season form · 11 home / 26 away

creates per match

Barbados Soccer Academy
0.73
Empire Club
1.54

allows per match

Barbados Soccer Academy
4.27
Empire Club
1.77

finishing

Barbados Soccer Academy+0.00on par
Empire Club+0.00on par

Total goals

78%Over
  • Over78
  • Under22

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

67%Yes
  • Yes67
  • No33

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Barbados Soccer Academy

Empire Club
0
1
2
3
4
0
002%
015%
027%
037%
045%
1
102%
116%
129%
138%
146%
2
201%
214%
225%
235%
244%
3
301%
312%
322%
332%
342%
4
400%
410%
421%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–2 (9%) · grid covers 85% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
98%2%1.5
92%8%2.5
78%22%3.5
58%42%4.5
38%62%

Double chance

Barbados Soccer Academy or draw
30%
Barbados Soccer Academy or Empire Club
84%
Draw or Empire Club
86%

Winning margin

Barbados Soccer Academy wins by 2+
5%
Empire Club wins by 2+
50%

Team goals

Barbados Soccer Academy 1+ goals
71%
Barbados Soccer Academy 2+ goals
36%
Barbados Soccer Academy 3+ goals
13%
Empire Club 1+ goals
94%
Empire Club 2+ goals
78%
Empire Club 3+ goals
54%

Draw no bet

Barbados Soccer Academy (draw refunded)
17%
Empire Club (draw refunded)
83%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
61%
Both score & under 3
6%

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

Barbados Soccer Academy at homecreates 0.73, concedes 4.27 · 11 matches

Empire Club awaycreates 1.54, concedes 1.77 · 26 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Barbados Soccer Academy attack 0.73 + Empire Club defence 1.77 → ÷2 → 1.25

Empire Club attack 1.54 + Barbados Soccer Academy defence 4.27 → ÷2 → 2.90

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 70%?"

Barbados Soccer Academy scores more
14%
level
16%
Empire Club scores more
70%

Empire Club at 70% 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 70% does not mean "Empire Club 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: Barbados Soccer Academy vs Empire Club

Empire Club beat Barbados Soccer Academy 4-2 in Premier League on May 5, 2019.

The match was played at Wildey Turf (Sir Garfield Sobers Complex) (Bridgetown).