Brothers Union vs Sheikh Russel — Premier League 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 54+ matches
Brothers Union29%
Sheikh Russel47%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.
Sheikh Russel creates 33% more chances
Season form · 54 home / 57 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over55
- Under45
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Brothers Union ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Brothers Union at home — creates 1.13, concedes 1.93 · 54 matches
Sheikh Russel away — creates 1.35, concedes 1.32 · 57 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Brothers Union attack 1.13 + Sheikh Russel defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.23
Sheikh Russel attack 1.35 + Brothers Union defence 1.93 → ÷2 → 1.64
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 47%?"
Sheikh Russel at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Sheikh Russel 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
Bashundhara Kings
AbahaniSheikh Russel
Saif
Arambagh
Sheikh Jamal
Muktijoddha SKC
Abahani Chittagong
Mohammedan Dhaka
Rahmatgonj MFSBrothers Union
NoFeL Sporting Club
Team BJMCIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Brothers Union host Sheikh Russel on Friday, 30 April 2021 at 15:00. The match is part of the Premier League 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Brothers Union vs Sheikh Russel
Sheikh Russel beat Brothers Union 1-0 in Premier League on April 30, 2021.
The match was played at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.