Bastia 2–0 Boulogne: Result & Stats | Ligue 2

Bastia

FT

2 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Boulogne

3/2/2012

Ligue 2 · Round 26Stade Armand Césari (Furiani)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Bastia40%

×Draw31%

Boulogne29%

✓ 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.

BastiaExpected goals in this matchBoulogne

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.

1.09

0.88

Bastia

1.09

Boulogne

0.88

Bastia creates 24% more chances

Season form · 91 home / 19 away

1.19

creates per match

0.84

0.92

allows per match

1.00

creates per match

Bastia

1.19

Boulogne

0.84

allows per match

Bastia

0.92

Boulogne

1.00

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Bastia+0.00on par

Boulogne+0.00on par

Total goals

Under68
Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No61
Yes39

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bastia ↓

Boulogne →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–014%

0–112%

0–25%

0–32%

0–40%

1

1–015%

1–113%

1–26%

1–32%

1–40%

2

2–08%

2–17%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

86%14%1.5

59%41%2.5

32%68%3.5

14%86%4.5

5%95%

Double chance

Bastia or draw

71%

Bastia or Boulogne

69%

Draw or Boulogne

60%

Winning margin

Bastia wins by 2+

16%

Boulogne wins by 2+

10%

Team goals

Bastia 1+ goals

66%

Bastia 2+ goals

30%

Bastia 3+ goals

10%

Boulogne 1+ goals

59%

Boulogne 2+ goals

22%

Boulogne 3+ goals

6%

Draw no bet

Bastia (draw refunded)

58%

Boulogne (draw refunded)

42%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

25%

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

Bastia at home — creates 1.19, concedes 0.92 · 91 matches

Boulogne away — creates 0.84, concedes 1.00 · 19 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bastia attack 1.19 + Boulogne defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.09

Boulogne attack 0.84 + Bastia defence 0.92 → ÷2 → 0.88

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 40%?"

Bastia scores more

40%

level

31%

Boulogne scores more

29%

Bastia at 40% 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 40% does not mean "Bastia 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