Caldense vs Rio Branco ES — Serie D 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 23+ matches
Caldense32%
Rio Branco ES38%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
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.
Rio Branco ES creates 10% more chances
Season form · 28 home / 23 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under66
- Over34
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No58
- Yes42
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Caldense ↓
Most likely 0–1 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Caldense at home — creates 0.89, concedes 0.96 · 28 matches
Rio Branco ES away — creates 1.22, concedes 1.09 · 23 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Caldense attack 0.89 + Rio Branco ES defence 1.09 → ÷2 → 0.99
Rio Branco ES attack 1.22 + Caldense defence 0.96 → ÷2 → 1.09
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 38%?"
Rio Branco ES at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Rio Branco ES 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
Head to Head
2 previous meetings · small sample
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Caldense host Rio Branco ES on Sunday, 5 September 2021 at 19:00. The match is part of the Serie D 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Caldense vs Rio Branco ES
Rio Branco ES beat Caldense 2-1 in Serie D on September 5, 2021.
Goals: Caio Ribeiro (5'), Edinho (27'), Gustavo Barba (49').
The match was played at Estádio Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais.