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Bournemouth vs Watford — Championship 2018

Bournemouth
Bournemouth
FT
1 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Watford
Watford
2/27/2021ChampionshipChampionship · Round 33Vitality Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 48+ matches

Bournemouth50%
×Draw25%
Watford25%
✓ 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.

Bournemouth
1.57
Watford
1.02

Bournemouth creates 54% more chances

Season form · 48 home / 121 away

creates per match

Bournemouth
1.75
Watford
1.06

allows per match

Bournemouth
0.98
Watford
1.40

finishing

Bournemouth+0.00on par
Watford+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bournemouth ↓

Watford →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–18%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–012%
1–112%
1–26%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Bournemouth or draw
75%
Bournemouth or Watford
75%
Draw or Watford
50%

Winning margin

Bournemouth wins by 2+
26%
Watford wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Bournemouth 1+ goals
79%
Bournemouth 2+ goals
46%
Bournemouth 3+ goals
21%
Watford 1+ goals
64%
Watford 2+ goals
27%
Watford 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Bournemouth (draw refunded)
67%
Watford (draw refunded)
33%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
39%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Bournemouth at home — creates 1.75, concedes 0.98 · 48 matches

Watford away — creates 1.06, concedes 1.40 · 121 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bournemouth attack 1.75 + Watford defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.57

Watford attack 1.06 + Bournemouth defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.02

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 50%?"

Bournemouth scores more
50%
level
25%
Watford scores more
25%

Bournemouth at 50% 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 50% does not mean "Bournemouth 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

Match Recap: Bournemouth vs Watford

Bournemouth beat Watford 1-0 in Championship on February 27, 2021.

The match was played at Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, Dorset.