Bristol Rovers 0–4 Doncaster: Result & Stats

Bristol Rovers

FT

0 – 4

HT: 0 – 2

Doncaster

12/8/2018

League One · Round 21Memorial Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 108+ matches

Bristol Rovers41%

×Draw26%

Doncaster33%

✓ 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.

Bristol RoversExpected goals in this matchDoncaster

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.

1.39

1.23

Bristol Rovers

1.39

Doncaster

1.23

Bristol Rovers creates 13% more chances

Season form · 133 home / 108 away

1.17

creates per match

1.13

1.33

allows per match

1.61

creates per match

Bristol Rovers

1.17

Doncaster

1.13

allows per match

Bristol Rovers

1.33

Doncaster

1.61

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Bristol Rovers+0.00on par

Doncaster+0.00on par

Total goals

Under51
Over49

Close call

Both teams score

Yes53
No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bristol Rovers ↓

Doncaster →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–07%

0–19%

0–26%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–112%

1–28%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

93%7%1.5

74%26%2.5

49%51%3.5

27%73%4.5

12%88%

Double chance

Bristol Rovers or draw

67%

Bristol Rovers or Doncaster

74%

Draw or Doncaster

59%

Winning margin

Bristol Rovers wins by 2+

19%

Doncaster wins by 2+

14%

Team goals

Bristol Rovers 1+ goals

75%

Bristol Rovers 2+ goals

40%

Bristol Rovers 3+ goals

16%

Doncaster 1+ goals

71%

Doncaster 2+ goals

35%

Doncaster 3+ goals

13%

Draw no bet

Bristol Rovers (draw refunded)

55%

Doncaster (draw refunded)

45%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

41%

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

Bristol Rovers at home — creates 1.17, concedes 1.33 · 133 matches

Doncaster away — creates 1.13, concedes 1.61 · 108 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bristol Rovers attack 1.17 + Doncaster defence 1.61 → ÷2 → 1.39

Doncaster attack 1.13 + Bristol Rovers defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.23

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 41%?"

Bristol Rovers scores more

41%

level

26%

Doncaster scores more

33%

Bristol Rovers at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Bristol Rovers 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