Cece United 1–2 Watanga: Result & Stats

Cece United

FT

1 – 2

Watanga

4/17/2023

LFA First Division · Round 25Samuel Kanyon Doe Practice Pitch

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 26+ matches

Cece United26%

×Draw27%

Watanga47%

✓ 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.

Cece UnitedExpected goals in this matchWatanga

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.

0.95

1.40

Cece United

0.95

Watanga

1.40

Watanga creates 47% more chances

Season form · 26 home / 74 away

1.12

creates per match

1.57

1.23

allows per match

0.77

creates per match

Cece United

1.12

Watanga

1.57

allows per match

Cece United

1.23

Watanga

0.77

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Cece United+0.00on par

Watanga+0.00on par

Total goals

Under58
Over42

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No54
Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cece United ↓

Watanga →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–113%

0–29%

0–34%

0–42%

1

1–09%

1–113%

1–29%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–04%

2–16%

2–24%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–01%

3–12%

3–21%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–00%

4–10%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 0–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

68%32%2.5

42%58%3.5

21%79%4.5

9%91%

Double chance

Cece United or draw

53%

Cece United or Watanga

73%

Draw or Watanga

74%

Winning margin

Cece United wins by 2+

9%

Watanga wins by 2+

23%

Team goals

Cece United 1+ goals

61%

Cece United 2+ goals

25%

Cece United 3+ goals

7%

Watanga 1+ goals

75%

Watanga 2+ goals

41%

Watanga 3+ goals

17%

Draw no bet

Cece United (draw refunded)

35%

Watanga (draw refunded)

65%

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

Cece United at home — creates 1.12, concedes 1.23 · 26 matches

Watanga away — creates 1.57, concedes 0.77 · 74 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Cece United attack 1.12 + Watanga defence 0.77 → ÷2 → 0.95

Watanga attack 1.57 + Cece United defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.40

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 47%?"

Cece United scores more

26%

level

27%

Watanga scores more

47%

Watanga at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Watanga 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