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Chievo vs Empoli — Serie A 2018

Chievo
Chievo
FT
0 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Empoli
Empoli
9/2/2018Serie ASerie A · Round 3Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Chievo31%
×Draw26%
Empoli44%
✓ 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.

Chievo
1.18
Empoli
1.46

Empoli creates 24% more chances

Season form · 19 home / 57 away

creates per match

Chievo
0.74
Empoli
0.96

allows per match

Chievo
1.95
Empoli
1.61

finishing

Chievo+0.00on par
Empoli+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Under
  • Under51
  • Over49

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Chievo ↓

Empoli →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–110%
0–28%
0–34%
0–41%
1
1–08%
1–112%
1–29%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–17%
2–25%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
74%26%2.5
49%51%3.5
27%73%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Chievo or draw
56%
Chievo or Empoli
74%
Draw or Empoli
69%

Winning margin

Chievo wins by 2+
12%
Empoli wins by 2+
21%

Team goals

Chievo 1+ goals
69%
Chievo 2+ goals
33%
Chievo 3+ goals
12%
Empoli 1+ goals
77%
Empoli 2+ goals
43%
Empoli 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Chievo (draw refunded)
41%
Empoli (draw refunded)
59%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
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

Chievo at home — creates 0.74, concedes 1.95 · 19 matches

Empoli away — creates 0.96, concedes 1.61 · 57 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Chievo attack 0.74 + Empoli defence 1.61 → ÷2 → 1.18

Empoli attack 0.96 + Chievo defence 1.95 → ÷2 → 1.46

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 44%?"

Chievo scores more
31%
level
26%
Empoli scores more
44%

Empoli at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Empoli 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

Chievo 0 – 0 Empoli

Chievo and Empoli drew 0-0 in Serie A on September 2, 2018.

The match was played at Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in Verona.