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Black Leopards vs Bloem CelticPremier Soccer League 2018

Black Leopards
Black Leopards
FT
11
HT: 10
Bloem Celtic
Bloem Celtic
6/5/2021Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Round 24Thohoyandou Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 45+ matches

Black Leopards40%
×Draw28%
Bloem Celtic32%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Black Leopards
1.23
Bloem Celtic
1.08

Black Leopards creates 14% more chances

Season form · 47 home / 45 away

creates per match

Black Leopards
1.00
Bloem Celtic
1.02

allows per match

Black Leopards
1.15
Bloem Celtic
1.47

finishing

Black Leopards+0.00on par
Bloem Celtic+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

53%No
  • No53
  • Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Black Leopards

Bloem Celtic
0
1
2
3
4
0
0010%
0111%
026%
032%
041%
1
1012%
1113%
127%
133%
141%
2
208%
218%
224%
232%
240%
3
303%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
67%33%2.5
41%59%3.5
20%80%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Black Leopards or draw
68%
Black Leopards or Bloem Celtic
72%
Draw or Bloem Celtic
60%

Winning margin

Black Leopards wins by 2+
17%
Bloem Celtic wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Black Leopards 1+ goals
71%
Black Leopards 2+ goals
35%
Black Leopards 3+ goals
13%
Bloem Celtic 1+ goals
66%
Bloem Celtic 2+ goals
29%
Bloem Celtic 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Black Leopards (draw refunded)
55%
Bloem Celtic (draw refunded)
45%

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

Black Leopards at homecreates 1.00, concedes 1.15 · 47 matches

Bloem Celtic awaycreates 1.02, concedes 1.47 · 45 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Black Leopards attack 1.00 + Bloem Celtic defence 1.47 → ÷2 → 1.23

Bloem Celtic attack 1.02 + Black Leopards defence 1.15 → ÷2 → 1.08

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%?"

Black Leopards scores more
40%
level
28%
Bloem Celtic scores more
32%

Black Leopards 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 "Black Leopards 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

Premier Soccer League: Black Leopards 1–1 Bloem Celtic

Black Leopards and Bloem Celtic drew 1-1 in Premier Soccer League on June 5, 2021.

The match was played at Thohoyandou Stadium in Thohoyandou.