Chesterfield vs Bristol Rovers

Chesterfield

Preview

15:00

Bristol Rovers

2/27/2027

League Two · Round 33SMH Group Stadium

Big match

38%

Chesterfield

model favours

38%26%36%

Chesterfield score first in only 18% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1

likely score

52%

over 2.5 goals

56%

both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 11+ matches

Chesterfield38%

×Draw26%

Bristol Rovers36%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.4%

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 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

ChesterfieldExpected goals in this matchBristol Rovers

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.

1.40

1.35

Chesterfield

1.40

Bristol Rovers

1.35

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 11 home / 12 away

1.57

creates per match

1.35

1.34

allows per match

1.23

creates per match

Chesterfield

1.57

Bristol Rovers

1.35

allows per match

Chesterfield

1.34

Bristol Rovers

1.23

-0.21scores less than expected

finishing

-0.10scores less than expected

finishing

Chesterfield-0.21scores less

Bristol Rovers-0.10scores less

Total goals

Over52
Under48

Close call

Both teams score

Yes56
No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Chesterfield ↓

Bristol Rovers →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–06%

0–19%

0–26%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–09%

1–112%

1–28%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–18%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

94%6%1.5

76%24%2.5

52%48%3.5

30%70%4.5

14%86%

Double chance

Chesterfield or draw

64%

Chesterfield or Bristol Rovers

74%

Draw or Bristol Rovers

62%

Winning margin

Chesterfield wins by 2+

18%

Bristol Rovers wins by 2+

16%

Team goals

Chesterfield 1+ goals

75%

Chesterfield 2+ goals

41%

Chesterfield 3+ goals

17%

Bristol Rovers 1+ goals

74%

Bristol Rovers 2+ goals

39%

Bristol Rovers 3+ goals

15%

Draw no bet

Chesterfield (draw refunded)

52%

Bristol Rovers (draw refunded)

48%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

44%

Both score & under 3

12%

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

Chesterfield at home — creates 1.57, concedes 1.34 · 11 matches

Bristol Rovers away — creates 1.35, concedes 1.23 · 12 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Chesterfield attack 1.57 + Bristol Rovers defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.40

Bristol Rovers attack 1.35 + Chesterfield defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.35

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 38%?"

Chesterfield scores more

38%

level

26%

Bristol Rovers scores more

36%

Chesterfield at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Chesterfield 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.

Match Insights

Bristol Rovers score first in only 27% of matches
Both teams score in 82% of Bristol Rovers’s matches
73% of Bristol Rovers’s matches go over 2.5 goals
Style contrast — Chesterfield play Possession-dominant, Bristol Rovers Defensively solid
Bristol Rovers win just 26% against the top half (vs 65% against the bottom)

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles

Chesterfield

Possession-dominant

Bristol Rovers

Defensively solid

60%Possession52%

78%Pass accuracyBiggest gap66%

12.2Shots12.5

1.38xG1.38

ChesterfieldBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

9 previous meetings

5

Chesterfield

1

Draws

3

Bristol Rovers

Avg goals: 3.3BTTS: 67%

3–23–10–21–23–2

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form

Chesterfield

LDDLW

Rovers

DDLW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Chesterfield face Bristol Rovers (League Two)

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Chesterfield host Bristol Rovers at SMH Group Stadium.

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Chesterfield vs Bristol Rovers — League Two 2018

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Total goals

Both teams score

Match Insights

Style Matchup

Head-to-head

Head to Head

Chesterfield face Bristol Rovers (League Two)