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Cardiff City W vs Bridgwater United WFA Women's Cup 2019

11/13/2022FA Women's CupFA Women's Cup · 1st RoundOcean Park Arena

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 7+ matches

Cardiff City W64%
×Draw18%
Bridgwater United W18%
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.

Cardiff City W
2.57
Bridgwater United W
1.29

Cardiff City W creates 99% more chances

Season form · 8 home / 7 away

creates per match

Cardiff City W
3.00
Bridgwater United W
1.71

allows per match

Cardiff City W
0.88
Bridgwater United W
2.14

finishing

Cardiff City W+0.00on par
Bridgwater United W+0.00on par

Total goals

74%Over
  • Over74
  • Under26

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

67%Yes
  • Yes67
  • No33

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cardiff City W

Bridgwater United W
0
1
2
3
4
0
002%
013%
022%
031%
040%
1
106%
117%
125%
132%
141%
2
207%
219%
226%
233%
241%
3
306%
318%
325%
332%
341%
4
404%
415%
423%
431%
440%

Most likely 2–1 (9%) · grid covers 89% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
98%2%1.5
90%10%2.5
74%26%3.5
53%47%4.5
33%67%

Double chance

Cardiff City W or draw
82%
Cardiff City W or Bridgwater United W
82%
Draw or Bridgwater United W
36%

Winning margin

Cardiff City W wins by 2+
43%
Bridgwater United W wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Cardiff City W 1+ goals
92%
Cardiff City W 2+ goals
72%
Cardiff City W 3+ goals
47%
Bridgwater United W 1+ goals
72%
Bridgwater United W 2+ goals
37%
Bridgwater United W 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Cardiff City W (draw refunded)
78%
Bridgwater United W (draw refunded)
22%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
60%
Both score & under 3
7%

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

Cardiff City W at homecreates 3.00, concedes 0.88 · 8 matches

Bridgwater United W awaycreates 1.71, concedes 2.14 · 7 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Cardiff City W attack 3.00 + Bridgwater United W defence 2.14 → ÷2 → 2.57

Bridgwater United W attack 1.71 + Cardiff City W defence 0.88 → ÷2 → 1.29

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 64%?"

Cardiff City W scores more
64%
level
18%
Bridgwater United W scores more
18%

Cardiff City W at 64% 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 64% does not mean "Cardiff City W 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

FA Women's Cup: Cardiff City W 4–0 Bridgwater United W

Cardiff City W beat Bridgwater United W 4-0 in FA Women's Cup on November 13, 2022.

The match was played at Ocean Park Arena in Cardiff.