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Bury vs Bristol Rovers — League One 2018

Bury
Bury
Canc
14:00
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
10/5/2019League OneLeague One · Round 12

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 4+ matches

Bury66%
×Draw18%
Bristol Rovers16%
✓ 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.

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.

Bury
2.42
Bristol Rovers
1.10

Bury creates 120% more chances

Season form · 4 home / 131 away

creates per match

Bury
3.25
Bristol Rovers
0.95

allows per match

Bury
1.25
Bristol Rovers
1.60

finishing

Bury+0.00on par
Bristol Rovers+0.00on par

Total goals

68%Over
  • Over68
  • Under32

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

61%Yes
  • Yes61
  • No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Bury ↓

Bristol Rovers →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–03%
0–13%
0–22%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–07%
1–18%
1–24%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–07%
3–18%
3–24%
3–32%
3–40%
4
4–04%
4–15%
4–23%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 91% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
86%14%2.5
68%32%3.5
46%54%4.5
27%73%

Double chance

Bury or draw
84%
Bury or Bristol Rovers
82%
Draw or Bristol Rovers
34%

Winning margin

Bury wins by 2+
44%
Bristol Rovers wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Bury 1+ goals
91%
Bury 2+ goals
69%
Bury 3+ goals
43%
Bristol Rovers 1+ goals
67%
Bristol Rovers 2+ goals
30%
Bristol Rovers 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Bury (draw refunded)
81%
Bristol Rovers (draw refunded)
19%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
53%
Both score & under 3
8%

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

Bury at home — creates 3.25, concedes 1.25 · 4 matches

Bristol Rovers away — creates 0.95, concedes 1.60 · 131 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Bury attack 3.25 + Bristol Rovers defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 2.42

Bristol Rovers attack 0.95 + Bury defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.10

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 66%?"

Bury scores more
66%
level
18%
Bristol Rovers scores more
16%

Bury at 66% 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 66% does not mean "Bury 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

Bury vs Bristol Rovers — Match Preview

Bury face Bristol Rovers on October 5, 2019 in this League One fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

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