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Liberty Professionals vs Hearts of OakPremier League 2019

1/19/2020Premier LeaguePremier League · 2020 - 5Dansoman Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 26+ matches

Liberty Professionals41%
×Draw29%
Hearts of Oak30%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% 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.

Liberty Professionals
1.18
Hearts of Oak
0.97

Liberty Professionals creates 22% more chances

Season form · 26 home / 108 away

creates per match

Liberty Professionals
1.50
Hearts of Oak
0.72

allows per match

Liberty Professionals
1.23
Hearts of Oak
0.86

finishing

Liberty Professionals+0.00on par
Hearts of Oak+0.00on par

Total goals

64%Under
  • Under64
  • Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Liberty Professionals

Hearts of Oak
0
1
2
3
4
0
0012%
0111%
025%
032%
040%
1
1014%
1113%
126%
132%
141%
2
208%
218%
224%
231%
240%
3
303%
313%
322%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
63%37%2.5
36%64%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Liberty Professionals or draw
70%
Liberty Professionals or Hearts of Oak
71%
Draw or Hearts of Oak
59%

Winning margin

Liberty Professionals wins by 2+
17%
Hearts of Oak wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Liberty Professionals 1+ goals
69%
Liberty Professionals 2+ goals
33%
Liberty Professionals 3+ goals
12%
Hearts of Oak 1+ goals
62%
Hearts of Oak 2+ goals
25%
Hearts of Oak 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Liberty Professionals (draw refunded)
58%
Hearts of Oak (draw refunded)
42%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
30%
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

Liberty Professionals at homecreates 1.50, concedes 1.23 · 26 matches

Hearts of Oak awaycreates 0.72, concedes 0.86 · 108 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Liberty Professionals attack 1.50 + Hearts of Oak defence 0.86 → ÷2 → 1.18

Hearts of Oak attack 0.72 + Liberty Professionals defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 0.97

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 41%?"

Liberty Professionals scores more
41%
level
29%
Hearts of Oak scores more
30%

Liberty Professionals at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Liberty Professionals 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

Premier League: Liberty Professionals 1–2 Hearts of Oak

Hearts of Oak beat Liberty Professionals 2-1 in Premier League on January 19, 2020.

The match was played at Dansoman Park in Accra.