Bayelsa United vs Sunshine Stars — NPFL 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 66+ matches
Bayelsa United58%
Sunshine Stars16%✓ Correct in 50 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: 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.
Bayelsa United creates 130% more chances
Season form · 66 home / 110 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under62
- Over38
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No62
- Yes38
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Bayelsa United ↓
Most likely 1–0 (17%) · 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
Bayelsa United at home — creates 1.65, concedes 0.85 · 66 matches
Sunshine Stars away — creates 0.48, concedes 1.44 · 110 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Bayelsa United attack 1.65 + Sunshine Stars defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.54
Sunshine Stars attack 0.48 + Bayelsa United defence 0.85 → ÷2 → 0.67
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 58%?"
Bayelsa United at 58% 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 58% does not mean "Bayelsa United 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
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Bayelsa United host Sunshine Stars on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 14:00. The match is part of the NPFL 2019/2020 season.
NPFL: Bayelsa United 4–1 Sunshine Stars
Bayelsa United beat Sunshine Stars 4-1 in NPFL on January 29, 2025.
The match was played at Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa.