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Buducnost Podgorica vs IskraFirst League 2019

Buducnost Podgorica
Buducnost Podgorica
FT
10
HT: 00
Iskra
Iskra
9/30/2020First LeagueFirst League · Round 7Stadion Pod Goricom

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 70+ matches

Buducnost Podgorica57%
×Draw24%
Iskra19%
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.

Buducnost Podgorica
1.71
Iskra
0.89

Buducnost Podgorica creates 92% more chances

Season form · 124 home / 70 away

creates per match

Buducnost Podgorica
1.95
Iskra
0.84

allows per match

Buducnost Podgorica
0.93
Iskra
1.46

finishing

Buducnost Podgorica+0.00on par
Iskra+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Buducnost Podgorica

Iskra
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
017%
023%
031%
040%
1
1013%
1111%
125%
131%
140%
2
2011%
2110%
224%
231%
240%
3
306%
316%
322%
331%
340%
4
403%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Buducnost Podgorica or draw
81%
Buducnost Podgorica or Iskra
76%
Draw or Iskra
43%

Winning margin

Buducnost Podgorica wins by 2+
31%
Iskra wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Buducnost Podgorica 1+ goals
82%
Buducnost Podgorica 2+ goals
51%
Buducnost Podgorica 3+ goals
24%
Iskra 1+ goals
59%
Iskra 2+ goals
22%
Iskra 3+ goals
6%

Draw no bet

Buducnost Podgorica (draw refunded)
74%
Iskra (draw refunded)
26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
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

Buducnost Podgorica at homecreates 1.95, concedes 0.93 · 124 matches

Iskra awaycreates 0.84, concedes 1.46 · 70 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Buducnost Podgorica attack 1.95 + Iskra defence 1.46 → ÷2 → 1.71

Iskra attack 0.84 + Buducnost Podgorica defence 0.93 → ÷2 → 0.89

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%?"

Buducnost Podgorica scores more
57%
level
24%
Iskra scores more
19%

Buducnost Podgorica 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 "Buducnost Podgorica 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.

Buducnost
Iskra
13'V. JanketićL. Mirković
71'D. ZarubicaV. Janketić
83'L. MijovićD. Božović
83'A. VujačićP. Moraitis

Buducnost Podgorica substitutes

A. Nedović
Manager: A. Nedović
26'B. BoričićV. Orlandić
71'Z. PetrovićA. Krnić
71'M. RačićP. Tadić
89'B. MandićB. Milić

Buducnost Podgorica 1 – 0 Iskra

Buducnost Podgorica beat Iskra 1-0 in First League on September 30, 2020.

Goals: D. Zarubica (90').

The match was played at Stadion Pod Goricom in Podgorica.