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Canon vs Young Sport AcademyElite One 2019

11/20/2019Elite OneElite One · Round 8Centre sportif académique de Mbankomo

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 79+ matches

Canon45%
×Draw29%
Young Sport Academy26%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.

Canon
1.28
Young Sport Academy
0.89

Canon creates 44% more chances

Season form · 90 home / 79 away

creates per match

Canon
1.24
Young Sport Academy
0.94

allows per match

Canon
0.84
Young Sport Academy
1.32

finishing

Canon+0.00on par
Young Sport Academy+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

57%No
  • No57
  • Yes43

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Canon

Young Sport Academy
0
1
2
3
4
0
0011%
0110%
025%
031%
040%
1
1015%
1113%
126%
132%
140%
2
209%
218%
224%
231%
240%
3
304%
314%
322%
330%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Canon or draw
74%
Canon or Young Sport Academy
71%
Draw or Young Sport Academy
55%

Winning margin

Canon wins by 2+
21%
Young Sport Academy wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Canon 1+ goals
72%
Canon 2+ goals
37%
Canon 3+ goals
14%
Young Sport Academy 1+ goals
59%
Young Sport Academy 2+ goals
22%
Young Sport Academy 3+ goals
6%

Draw no bet

Canon (draw refunded)
64%
Young Sport Academy (draw refunded)
36%

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

Canon at homecreates 1.24, concedes 0.84 · 90 matches

Young Sport Academy awaycreates 0.94, concedes 1.32 · 79 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Canon attack 1.24 + Young Sport Academy defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.28

Young Sport Academy attack 0.94 + Canon defence 0.84 → ÷2 → 0.89

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 45%?"

Canon scores more
45%
level
29%
Young Sport Academy scores more
26%

Canon at 45% 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 45% does not mean "Canon 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

Canon 0 – 1 Young Sport Academy

Young Sport Academy beat Canon 1-0 in Elite One on November 20, 2019.

The match was played at Centre sportif académique de Mbankomo in Mbankomo.