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Crotone vs Spal — Serie B 2018

Crotone
Crotone
FT
1 – 2
HT: 0 – 1
Spal
Spal
12/4/2021Serie BSerie B · Round 16Stadio Ezio Scida

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 56+ matches

Crotone46%
×Draw28%
Spal27%
✓ 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.

Crotone
1.35
Spal
0.96

Crotone creates 41% more chances

Season form · 56 home / 58 away

creates per match

Crotone
1.43
Spal
0.90

allows per match

Crotone
1.02
Spal
1.28

finishing

Crotone+0.00on par
Spal+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Crotone ↓

Spal →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–110%
0–25%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–013%
1–113%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
67%33%2.5
41%59%3.5
20%80%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Crotone or draw
73%
Crotone or Spal
72%
Draw or Spal
54%

Winning margin

Crotone wins by 2+
22%
Spal wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Crotone 1+ goals
74%
Crotone 2+ goals
39%
Crotone 3+ goals
15%
Spal 1+ goals
62%
Spal 2+ goals
25%
Spal 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Crotone (draw refunded)
63%
Spal (draw refunded)
37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
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

Crotone at home — creates 1.43, concedes 1.02 · 56 matches

Spal away — creates 0.90, concedes 1.28 · 58 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Crotone attack 1.43 + Spal defence 1.28 → ÷2 → 1.35

Spal attack 0.90 + Crotone defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 0.96

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 46%?"

Crotone scores more
46%
level
28%
Spal scores more
27%

Crotone at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Crotone 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

Crotone 1 – 2 Spal

Spal beat Crotone 2-1 in Serie B on December 4, 2021.

The match was played at Stadio Ezio Scida in Crotone.