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Cove Rangers vs Queen's ParkLeague Two 2018

Cove Rangers
Cove Rangers
FT
20
HT: 20
Queen's Park
Queen's Park
J. Davidson 41' (OG)
J. Masson 3'
2/22/2020League TwoLeague Two · Round 26Balmoral Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 14+ matches

Cove Rangers60%
×Draw22%
Queen's Park18%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.

Cove Rangers
1.91
Queen's Park
0.94

Cove Rangers creates 103% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 46 away

creates per match

Cove Rangers
2.64
Queen's Park
1.39

allows per match

Cove Rangers
0.50
Queen's Park
1.17

finishing

Cove Rangers+0.00on par
Queen's Park+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Over
  • Over54
  • Under46

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cove Rangers

Queen's Park
0
1
2
3
4
0
006%
015%
023%
031%
040%
1
1011%
1110%
125%
132%
140%
2
2011%
2110%
225%
231%
240%
3
307%
316%
323%
331%
340%
4
403%
413%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
78%22%2.5
54%46%3.5
32%68%4.5
16%84%

Double chance

Cove Rangers or draw
82%
Cove Rangers or Queen's Park
78%
Draw or Queen's Park
40%

Winning margin

Cove Rangers wins by 2+
35%
Queen's Park wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Cove Rangers 1+ goals
85%
Cove Rangers 2+ goals
57%
Cove Rangers 3+ goals
30%
Queen's Park 1+ goals
61%
Queen's Park 2+ goals
24%
Queen's Park 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Cove Rangers (draw refunded)
77%
Queen's Park (draw refunded)
23%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Cove Rangers at homecreates 2.64, concedes 0.50 · 14 matches

Queen's Park awaycreates 1.39, concedes 1.17 · 46 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Cove Rangers attack 2.64 + Queen's Park defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.91

Queen's Park attack 1.39 + Cove Rangers defence 0.50 → ÷2 → 0.94

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%?"

Cove Rangers scores more
60%
level
22%
Queen's Park scores more
18%

Cove Rangers 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 "Cove Rangers 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.

Match Events

Cove
Queen's
P. Hartley
Manager: P. Hartley
80'J. MulliganR. McAllister
85'J. RobertsonB. Watson

Cove Rangers substitutes

R. McKinnon
Manager: R. McKinnon
70'C. SlaterJ. Lidouren

Queen's Park substitutes

League Two: Cove Rangers 2–0 Queen's Park

Cove Rangers beat Queen's Park 2-0 in League Two on February 22, 2020.

Goals: J. Masson (3'), J. Davidson (41' o.g.).

The match was played at Balmoral Stadium in Aberdeen.