Club Nacional vs Boston River — Primera División - Apertura 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 82+ matches
Club Nacional57%
Boston River19%✓ 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.
Club Nacional creates 96% more chances
Season form · 87 home / 82 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No54
- Yes46
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Club Nacional ↓
Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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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
Club Nacional at home — creates 2.07, concedes 0.69 · 87 matches
Boston River away — creates 1.02, concedes 1.27 · 82 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Club Nacional attack 2.07 + Boston River defence 1.27 → ÷2 → 1.67
Boston River attack 1.02 + Club Nacional defence 0.69 → ÷2 → 0.85
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 57%?"
Club Nacional at 57% 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 57% does not mean "Club Nacional 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
Club Nacional
Penarol
Progreso
Fenix
Danubio
Defensor Sporting
Wanderers
Atenas
Cerro
Liverpool MontevideoBoston River
CA River Plate
El Tanque Sisley
Atletico Torque
Rampla JuniorsIf 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
Club Nacional host Boston River on Sunday, 28 July 2024 at 18:00. The match is part of the Primera División - Apertura 2018/2019 season.
Primera División - Apertura: Club Nacional 1–0 Boston River
Club Nacional beat Boston River 1-0 in Primera División - Apertura on July 28, 2024.
The match was played at Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo.