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Bolton vs Bury — League One 2018

Bolton
Bolton
Canc
13:00
Bury
Bury
9/8/2019League OneLeague One · Round 7

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 5+ matches

Bolton57%
×Draw24%
Bury18%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.

Bolton
1.66
Bury
0.82

Bolton creates 102% more chances

Season form · 136 home / 5 away

creates per match

Bolton
1.72
Bury
0.60

allows per match

Bolton
1.05
Bury
1.60

finishing

Bolton+0.00on par
Bury+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Under
  • Under55
  • Over45

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

55%No
  • No55
  • Yes45

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bolton ↓

Bury →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–17%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–111%
1–25%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–012%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–03%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
71%29%2.5
45%55%3.5
24%76%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Bolton or draw
82%
Bolton or Bury
76%
Draw or Bury
43%

Winning margin

Bolton wins by 2+
31%
Bury wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Bolton 1+ goals
81%
Bolton 2+ goals
49%
Bolton 3+ goals
23%
Bury 1+ goals
56%
Bury 2+ goals
20%
Bury 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Bolton (draw refunded)
76%
Bury (draw refunded)
24%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
34%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Bolton at home — creates 1.72, concedes 1.05 · 136 matches

Bury away — creates 0.60, concedes 1.60 · 5 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bolton attack 1.72 + Bury defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 1.66

Bury attack 0.60 + Bolton defence 1.05 → ÷2 → 0.82

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 57%?"

Bolton scores more
57%
level
24%
Bury scores more
18%

Bolton at 57% 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 57% does not mean "Bolton 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

Bolton vs Bury — Match Preview

Bolton face Bury on September 8, 2019 in this League One fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

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