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Club River Plate vs OlimpiaDivision Profesional - Apertura 2018

Club River Plate
Club River Plate
FT
22
HT: 01
Olimpia
Olimpia
5/14/2019Division Profesional - AperturaDivision Profesional - Apertura · Round 21Estadio Defensores del Chaco (Asunción)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 31+ matches

Club River Plate24%
×Draw25%
Olimpia51%
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.

Club River Plate
1.05
Olimpia
1.64

Olimpia creates 56% more chances

Season form · 31 home / 97 away

creates per match

Club River Plate
1.13
Olimpia
1.76

allows per match

Club River Plate
1.52
Olimpia
0.97

finishing

Club River Plate+0.00on par
Olimpia+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Club River Plate

Olimpia
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
0111%
029%
035%
042%
1
107%
1112%
1210%
135%
142%
2
204%
216%
225%
233%
241%
3
301%
312%
322%
331%
340%
4
400%
411%
420%
430%
440%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Club River Plate or draw
49%
Club River Plate or Olimpia
75%
Draw or Olimpia
76%

Winning margin

Club River Plate wins by 2+
9%
Olimpia wins by 2+
27%

Team goals

Club River Plate 1+ goals
65%
Club River Plate 2+ goals
28%
Club River Plate 3+ goals
9%
Olimpia 1+ goals
81%
Olimpia 2+ goals
49%
Olimpia 3+ goals
23%

Draw no bet

Club River Plate (draw refunded)
32%
Olimpia (draw refunded)
68%

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

Club River Plate at homecreates 1.13, concedes 1.52 · 31 matches

Olimpia awaycreates 1.76, concedes 0.97 · 97 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Club River Plate attack 1.13 + Olimpia defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 1.05

Olimpia attack 1.76 + Club River Plate defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.64

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 51%?"

Club River Plate scores more
24%
level
25%
Olimpia scores more
51%

Olimpia at 51% 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 51% does not mean "Olimpia 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

Division Profesional - Apertura: Club River Plate 2–2 Olimpia

Club River Plate and Olimpia drew 2-2 in Division Profesional - Apertura on May 14, 2019.

The match was played at Estadio Defensores del Chaco (Asunción).