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CA Bastia vs ArlesLigue 2 2010

CA Bastia
CA Bastia
FT
22
HT: 21
Arles
Arles
S. Moizini 21'
S. Mba 7'
4/25/2014Ligue 2Ligue 2 · Round 34Stade Armand Césari

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

CA Bastia34%
×Draw29%
Arles37%
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.

CA Bastia
1.11
Arles
1.16

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 19 home / 76 away

creates per match

CA Bastia
0.79
Arles
0.78

allows per match

CA Bastia
1.53
Arles
1.43

finishing

CA Bastia+0.00on par
Arles+0.00on par

Total goals

Under: 60Over: 4060%Under
  • Under60
  • Over40

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No: 54Yes: 4654%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

CA Bastia

Arles
0
1
2
3
4
0
0010%
0112%
027%
033%
041%
1
1011%
1113%
128%
133%
141%
2
206%
217%
224%
232%
240%
3
302%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
66%34%2.5
40%60%3.5
19%81%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

CA Bastia or draw
63%
CA Bastia or Arles
71%
Draw or Arles
66%

Winning margin

CA Bastia wins by 2+
14%
Arles wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

CA Bastia 1+ goals
67%
CA Bastia 2+ goals
30%
CA Bastia 3+ goals
10%
Arles 1+ goals
69%
Arles 2+ goals
32%
Arles 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

CA Bastia (draw refunded)
48%
Arles (draw refunded)
52%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
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

CA Bastia at homecreates 0.79, concedes 1.53 · 19 matches

Arles awaycreates 0.78, concedes 1.43 · 76 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

CA Bastia attack 0.79 + Arles defence 1.43 → ÷2 → 1.11

Arles attack 0.78 + CA Bastia defence 1.53 → ÷2 → 1.16

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 37%?"

CA Bastia scores more
34%
level
29%
Arles scores more
37%

Arles at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Arles 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.

CA
Arles
69'C. VincentJ. Grimaldi
87'A. CropaneseS. Moizini
89'M. MorettiS. Mba

CA Bastia substitutes

46'S. FortèsG. Givet
68'A. CoulombJ. Cardy

Arles substitutes

CA Bastia 2 – 2 Arles

CA Bastia and Arles drew 2-2 in Ligue 2 on April 25, 2014.

Goals: S. Mba (7'), H. Rodriguez (9'), S. Moizini (21'), M. Dalé (61').

The match was played at Stade Armand Césari in Furiani.