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Cotonsport vs Fovu ClubElite One 2019

3/5/2020Elite OneElite One · Round 26Complexe Sportif de Coton Sport

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 67+ matches

Cotonsport53%
×Draw26%
Fovu Club21%
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
1.51
Fovu Club
0.85

Cotonsport creates 78% more chances

Season form · 92 home / 67 away

creates per match

Cotonsport
1.80
Fovu Club
1.06

allows per match

Cotonsport
0.65
Fovu Club
1.22

finishing

Cotonsport+0.00on par
Fovu Club+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Under
  • Under58
  • Over42

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

55%No
  • No55
  • Yes45

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cotonsport

Fovu Club
0
1
2
3
4
0
009%
018%
023%
031%
040%
1
1014%
1112%
125%
131%
140%
2
2011%
219%
224%
231%
240%
3
305%
315%
322%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
68%32%2.5
42%58%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Cotonsport or draw
79%
Cotonsport or Fovu Club
74%
Draw or Fovu Club
47%

Winning margin

Cotonsport wins by 2+
27%
Fovu Club wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Cotonsport 1+ goals
78%
Cotonsport 2+ goals
44%
Cotonsport 3+ goals
19%
Fovu Club 1+ goals
57%
Fovu Club 2+ goals
21%
Fovu Club 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Cotonsport (draw refunded)
71%
Fovu Club (draw refunded)
29%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
32%
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

Cotonsport at homecreates 1.80, concedes 0.65 · 92 matches

Fovu Club awaycreates 1.06, concedes 1.22 · 67 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 + Fovu Club defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.51

Fovu Club attack 1.06 + Cotonsport defence 0.65 → ÷2 → 0.85

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 53%?"

Cotonsport scores more
53%
level
26%
Fovu Club scores more
21%

Cotonsport at 53% 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 53% 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

Match Recap: Cotonsport vs Fovu Club

Fovu Club beat Cotonsport 2-1 in Elite One on March 5, 2020.

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