Barrow 2–0 Colchester: Result & Stats | League Two

Barrow

FT

2 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

Colchester

3/9/2024

League Two · Round 37SO Legal Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 138+ matches

Barrow41%

×Draw28%

Colchester31%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

BarrowExpected goals in this matchColchester

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.

1.27

1.06

Barrow

1.27

Colchester

1.06

Barrow creates 20% more chances

Season form · 138 home / 180 away

1.20

creates per match

1.00

1.12

allows per match

1.34

creates per match

Barrow

1.20

Colchester

1.00

allows per match

Barrow

1.12

Colchester

1.34

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Barrow+0.00on par

Colchester+0.00on par

Total goals

Under59
Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No53
Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Barrow ↓

Colchester →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–110%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–012%

1–113%

1–27%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–18%

2–24%

2–32%

2–40%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

68%32%2.5

41%59%3.5

21%79%4.5

9%91%

Double chance

Barrow or draw

69%

Barrow or Colchester

72%

Draw or Colchester

59%

Winning margin

Barrow wins by 2+

18%

Colchester wins by 2+

12%

Team goals

Barrow 1+ goals

72%

Barrow 2+ goals

36%

Barrow 3+ goals

14%

Colchester 1+ goals

65%

Colchester 2+ goals

29%

Colchester 3+ goals

9%

Draw no bet

Barrow (draw refunded)

57%

Colchester (draw refunded)

43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

34%

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

Barrow at home — creates 1.20, concedes 1.12 · 138 matches

Colchester away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.34 · 180 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Barrow attack 1.20 + Colchester defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.27

Colchester attack 1.00 + Barrow defence 1.12 → ÷2 → 1.06

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 41%?"

Barrow scores more

41%

level

28%

Colchester scores more

31%

Barrow 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 "Barrow 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