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Cotonsport vs Dragon de YaoundéElite One 2019

11/20/2019Elite OneElite One · Round 8Complexe Sportif de Coton Sport

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 55+ matches

Cotonsport60%
×Draw23%
Dragon de Yaoundé16%
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.

Cotonsport
1.73
Dragon de Yaoundé
0.76

Cotonsport creates 128% more chances

Season form · 92 home / 55 away

creates per match

Cotonsport
1.80
Dragon de Yaoundé
0.87

allows per match

Cotonsport
0.65
Dragon de Yaoundé
1.65

finishing

Cotonsport+0.00on par
Dragon de Yaoundé+0.00on par

Total goals

55%Under
  • Under55
  • Over45

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

56%No
  • No56
  • Yes44

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cotonsport

Dragon de Yaoundé
0
1
2
3
4
0
008%
016%
022%
031%
040%
1
1014%
1111%
124%
131%
140%
2
2012%
219%
224%
231%
240%
3
307%
315%
322%
331%
340%
4
403%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
71%29%2.5
45%55%3.5
24%76%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Cotonsport or draw
84%
Cotonsport or Dragon de Yaoundé
77%
Draw or Dragon de Yaoundé
40%

Winning margin

Cotonsport wins by 2+
34%
Dragon de Yaoundé wins by 2+
5%

Team goals

Cotonsport 1+ goals
82%
Cotonsport 2+ goals
52%
Cotonsport 3+ goals
25%
Dragon de Yaoundé 1+ goals
53%
Dragon de Yaoundé 2+ goals
18%
Dragon de Yaoundé 3+ goals
4%

Draw no bet

Cotonsport (draw refunded)
79%
Dragon de Yaoundé (draw refunded)
21%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Cotonsport at homecreates 1.80, concedes 0.65 · 92 matches

Dragon de Yaoundé awaycreates 0.87, concedes 1.65 · 55 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Cotonsport attack 1.80 + Dragon de Yaoundé defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.73

Dragon de Yaoundé attack 0.87 + Cotonsport defence 0.65 → ÷2 → 0.76

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 60%?"

Cotonsport scores more
60%
level
23%
Dragon de Yaoundé scores more
16%

Cotonsport at 60% 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 60% does not mean "Cotonsport 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

Cotonsport 0 – 1 Dragon de Yaoundé

Dragon de Yaoundé beat Cotonsport 1-0 in Elite One on November 20, 2019.

The match was played at Complexe Sportif de Coton Sport in Garoua.