Cercle Mbéri 3–2 Pélican: Result & Stats

Cercle Mbéri

FT

3 – 2

HT: 2 – 1

Pélican

5/18/2025

Championnat D1 · Round 24Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 31+ matches

Cercle Mbéri42%

×Draw29%

Pélican29%

✓ 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.

Cercle MbériExpected goals in this matchPélican

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.

1.23

0.98

Cercle Mbéri

1.23

Pélican

0.98

Cercle Mbéri creates 26% more chances

Season form · 33 home / 31 away

1.06

creates per match

1.29

0.67

allows per match

1.39

creates per match

Cercle Mbéri

1.06

Pélican

1.29

allows per match

Cercle Mbéri

0.67

Pélican

1.39

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Cercle Mbéri+0.00on par

Pélican+0.00on par

Total goals

Under62
Over38

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No56
Yes44

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cercle Mbéri ↓

Pélican →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–011%

0–111%

0–25%

0–32%

0–40%

1

1–013%

1–113%

1–26%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–18%

2–24%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

89%11%1.5

65%35%2.5

38%62%3.5

18%82%4.5

7%93%

Double chance

Cercle Mbéri or draw

71%

Cercle Mbéri or Pélican

71%

Draw or Pélican

58%

Winning margin

Cercle Mbéri wins by 2+

18%

Pélican wins by 2+

11%

Team goals

Cercle Mbéri 1+ goals

71%

Cercle Mbéri 2+ goals

35%

Cercle Mbéri 3+ goals

13%

Pélican 1+ goals

62%

Pélican 2+ goals

26%

Pélican 3+ goals

8%

Draw no bet

Cercle Mbéri (draw refunded)

59%

Pélican (draw refunded)

41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

31%

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

Cercle Mbéri at home — creates 1.06, concedes 0.67 · 33 matches

Pélican away — creates 1.29, concedes 1.39 · 31 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Cercle Mbéri attack 1.06 + Pélican defence 1.39 → ÷2 → 1.23

Pélican attack 1.29 + Cercle Mbéri defence 0.67 → ÷2 → 0.98

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 42%?"

Cercle Mbéri scores more

42%

level

29%

Pélican scores more

29%

Cercle Mbéri at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Cercle Mbéri 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