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Cowdenbeath vs Queen's ParkLeague Two 2018

4/10/2021League TwoLeague Two · Round 23Central Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 46+ matches

Cowdenbeath32%
×Draw27%
Queen's Park41%
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.

Cowdenbeath
1.17
Queen's Park
1.36

Queen's Park creates 16% more chances

Season form · 62 home / 46 away

creates per match

Cowdenbeath
1.18
Queen's Park
1.39

allows per match

Cowdenbeath
1.34
Queen's Park
1.17

finishing

Cowdenbeath+0.00on par
Queen's Park+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Under
  • Under54
  • Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cowdenbeath

Queen's Park
0
1
2
3
4
0
008%
0111%
027%
033%
041%
1
109%
1113%
129%
134%
141%
2
205%
217%
225%
232%
241%
3
302%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
72%28%2.5
46%54%3.5
25%75%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Cowdenbeath or draw
59%
Cowdenbeath or Queen's Park
73%
Draw or Queen's Park
68%

Winning margin

Cowdenbeath wins by 2+
13%
Queen's Park wins by 2+
19%

Team goals

Cowdenbeath 1+ goals
69%
Cowdenbeath 2+ goals
33%
Cowdenbeath 3+ goals
11%
Queen's Park 1+ goals
74%
Queen's Park 2+ goals
39%
Queen's Park 3+ goals
16%

Draw no bet

Cowdenbeath (draw refunded)
44%
Queen's Park (draw refunded)
56%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
39%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Cowdenbeath at homecreates 1.18, concedes 1.34 · 62 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

Cowdenbeath attack 1.18 + Queen's Park defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.17

Queen's Park attack 1.39 + Cowdenbeath defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.36

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 41%?"

Cowdenbeath scores more
32%
level
27%
Queen's Park scores more
41%

Queen's Park at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Queen's Park 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

Preview: Cowdenbeath host Queen's Park

April 10, 2021: Cowdenbeath take on Queen's Park in League Two. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.

Cowdenbeath host Queen's Park at Central Park.

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