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Deportivo La Guaira vs Deportivo AnzoateguiPrimera División 2018

2/10/2019Primera DivisiónPrimera División · Apertura - 3Estadio Olímpico de la UCV (Caracas)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 26+ matches

Deportivo La Guaira55%
×Draw25%
Deportivo Anzoategui21%
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.

Deportivo La Guaira
1.65
Deportivo Anzoategui
0.91

Deportivo La Guaira creates 81% more chances

Season form · 150 home / 26 away

creates per match

Deportivo La Guaira
1.49
Deportivo Anzoategui
0.92

allows per match

Deportivo La Guaira
0.89
Deportivo Anzoategui
1.81

finishing

Deportivo La Guaira+0.00on par
Deportivo Anzoategui+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Under
  • Under53
  • Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Deportivo La Guaira

Deportivo Anzoategui
0
1
2
3
4
0
008%
017%
023%
031%
040%
1
1013%
1112%
125%
132%
140%
2
2011%
2110%
224%
231%
240%
3
306%
315%
322%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
72%28%2.5
47%53%3.5
25%75%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Deportivo La Guaira or draw
79%
Deportivo La Guaira or Deportivo Anzoategui
75%
Draw or Deportivo Anzoategui
45%

Winning margin

Deportivo La Guaira wins by 2+
30%
Deportivo Anzoategui wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Deportivo La Guaira 1+ goals
81%
Deportivo La Guaira 2+ goals
49%
Deportivo La Guaira 3+ goals
23%
Deportivo Anzoategui 1+ goals
60%
Deportivo Anzoategui 2+ goals
23%
Deportivo Anzoategui 3+ goals
6%

Draw no bet

Deportivo La Guaira (draw refunded)
73%
Deportivo Anzoategui (draw refunded)
27%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
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

Deportivo La Guaira at homecreates 1.49, concedes 0.89 · 150 matches

Deportivo Anzoategui awaycreates 0.92, concedes 1.81 · 26 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Deportivo La Guaira attack 1.49 + Deportivo Anzoategui defence 1.81 → ÷2 → 1.65

Deportivo Anzoategui attack 0.92 + Deportivo La Guaira defence 0.89 → ÷2 → 0.91

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 55%?"

Deportivo La Guaira scores more
55%
level
25%
Deportivo Anzoategui scores more
21%

Deportivo La Guaira at 55% 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 55% does not mean "Deportivo La Guaira 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: Deportivo La Guaira vs Deportivo Anzoategui

Deportivo La Guaira beat Deportivo Anzoategui 1-0 in Primera División on February 10, 2019.

The match was played at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV (Caracas).