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Bendel Insurance vs Gombe UnitedNPFL 2019

Bendel Insurance
Bendel Insurance
FT
20
HT: 20
Gombe United
Gombe United
3/8/2024NPFLNPFL · Round 24Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 58+ matches

Bendel Insurance66%
×Draw24%
Gombe United10%
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.

Bendel Insurance
1.59
Gombe United
0.43

Bendel Insurance creates 270% more chances

Season form · 80 home / 58 away

creates per match

Bendel Insurance
1.31
Gombe United
0.36

allows per match

Bendel Insurance
0.51
Gombe United
1.88

finishing

Bendel Insurance+0.00on par
Gombe United+0.00on par

Total goals

67%Under
  • Under67
  • Over33

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

72%No
  • No72
  • Yes28

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bendel Insurance

Gombe United
0
1
2
3
4
0
0013%
016%
021%
030%
040%
1
1021%
119%
122%
130%
140%
2
2017%
217%
222%
230%
240%
3
309%
314%
321%
330%
340%
4
404%
412%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (21%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
87%13%1.5
60%40%2.5
33%67%3.5
15%85%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Bendel Insurance or draw
90%
Bendel Insurance or Gombe United
76%
Draw or Gombe United
34%

Winning margin

Bendel Insurance wins by 2+
37%
Gombe United wins by 2+
2%

Team goals

Bendel Insurance 1+ goals
80%
Bendel Insurance 2+ goals
47%
Bendel Insurance 3+ goals
21%
Gombe United 1+ goals
35%
Gombe United 2+ goals
7%
Gombe United 3+ goals
1%

Draw no bet

Bendel Insurance (draw refunded)
87%
Gombe United (draw refunded)
13%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
19%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Bendel Insurance at homecreates 1.31, concedes 0.51 · 80 matches

Gombe United awaycreates 0.36, concedes 1.88 · 58 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bendel Insurance attack 1.31 + Gombe United defence 1.88 → ÷2 → 1.59

Gombe United attack 0.36 + Bendel Insurance defence 0.51 → ÷2 → 0.43

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 66%?"

Bendel Insurance scores more
66%
level
24%
Gombe United scores more
10%

Bendel Insurance at 66% 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 66% does not mean "Bendel Insurance 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

Bendel Insurance 2 – 0 Gombe United

Bendel Insurance beat Gombe United 2-0 in NPFL on March 8, 2024.

The match was played at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.