Cowdenbeath vs ST Mirren — League Cup 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 11+ matches
Cowdenbeath22%
ST Mirren53%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
ST Mirren creates 72% more chances
Season form · 11 home / 14 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No52
- Yes48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Cowdenbeath ↓
Most likely 0–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Cowdenbeath at home — creates 0.73, concedes 1.64 · 11 matches
ST Mirren away — creates 1.57, concedes 1.14 · 14 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Cowdenbeath attack 0.73 + ST Mirren defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 0.93
ST Mirren attack 1.57 + Cowdenbeath defence 1.64 → ÷2 → 1.60
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 53%?"
ST Mirren 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 "ST Mirren 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
Head to Head
Cowdenbeath host ST Mirren on Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 18:45. The match is part of the League Cup 2018/2019 season.
League Cup: Cowdenbeath 0–1 ST Mirren
ST Mirren beat Cowdenbeath 1-0 in League Cup on July 25, 2023.
The match was played at Central Park in Cowdenbeath.