Cheltenham vs Portsmouth — League One 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 69+ matches
Cheltenham32%
Portsmouth41%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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.
Portsmouth creates 17% more chances
Season form · 69 home / 135 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Cheltenham ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Cheltenham at home — creates 1.19, concedes 1.32 · 69 matches
Portsmouth away — creates 1.33, concedes 1.09 · 135 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Cheltenham attack 1.19 + Portsmouth defence 1.09 → ÷2 → 1.14
Portsmouth attack 1.33 + Cheltenham defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.33
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 41%?"
Portsmouth at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Portsmouth 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.
Player of the match
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BradfordIf 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
Possession
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Statistics
Cheltenham host Portsmouth on Saturday, 9 April 2022 at 14:00. The match is part of the League One 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Cheltenham vs Portsmouth
Cheltenham beat Portsmouth 1-0 in League One on April 9, 2022.
Goals: L. Sercombe (76').
Portsmouth controlled possession (57%) and registered 17 shots to 19.
The match was played at Jonny-Rocks Stadium in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.