Burton Albion 0–0 Walsall: Result & Stats

Burton Albion

FT

0 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Walsall

3/2/2019

League One · Round 35Pirelli Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 31+ matches

Burton Albion42%

×Draw27%

Walsall31%

✓ 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.

Burton AlbionExpected goals in this matchWalsall

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.

1.37

1.14

Burton Albion

1.37

Walsall

1.14

Burton Albion creates 20% more chances

Season form · 177 home / 31 away

1.29

creates per match

0.97

1.30

allows per match

1.45

creates per match

Burton Albion

1.29

Walsall

0.97

allows per match

Burton Albion

1.30

Walsall

1.45

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Burton Albion+0.00on par

Walsall+0.00on par

Total goals

Under54
Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

Yes51
No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Burton Albion ↓

Walsall →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–19%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–011%

1–113%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–08%

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 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

71%29%2.5

46%54%3.5

24%76%4.5

11%89%

Double chance

Burton Albion or draw

69%

Burton Albion or Walsall

73%

Draw or Walsall

58%

Winning margin

Burton Albion wins by 2+

20%

Walsall wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Burton Albion 1+ goals

75%

Burton Albion 2+ goals

40%

Burton Albion 3+ goals

16%

Walsall 1+ goals

68%

Walsall 2+ goals

32%

Walsall 3+ goals

11%

Draw no bet

Burton Albion (draw refunded)

57%

Walsall (draw refunded)

43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

38%

Both score & under 3

13%

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

Burton Albion at home — creates 1.29, concedes 1.30 · 177 matches

Walsall away — creates 0.97, concedes 1.45 · 31 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Burton Albion attack 1.29 + Walsall defence 1.45 → ÷2 → 1.37

Walsall attack 0.97 + Burton Albion defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.14

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 42%?"

Burton Albion scores more

42%

level

27%

Walsall scores more

31%

Burton Albion at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Burton Albion 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.

Match Events

41'

Josh Gordon

45'

Marcus Harness

69'

J. Brayford← J. Allen

78'

K. Wallace← D. Templeton

86'

A. Bradley← L. Boyce

Burton

Walsall

1

2

6

3

5

35

11

10

4

15

29

40

5

3

23

26

4

▼

Allen

16

Harness

7

Fraser

11

▼

Templeton

10

Akins

27

▼

Boyce

Manager: N. Clough

69'▲J. Brayford←▼J. Allen

78'▲K. Wallace←▼D. Templeton

86'▲A. Bradley←▼L. Boyce

Burton Albion substitutes

2Brayford22Wallace15Bradley1Bywater9Sbarra18Miller19Hutchinson

Manager: D. Keates

Walsall substitutes

13Dunn27Fitzwater28Norman30Osbourne34Laird36Oteh38Taylor