Doncaster vs Cambridge United — League Two 2022
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 28+ matches
Doncaster35%
Cambridge United36%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 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: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 73 home / 28 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under60
- Over40
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No54
- Yes46
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Doncaster ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Doncaster at home — creates 1.47, concedes 1.19 · 73 matches
Cambridge United away — creates 1.11, concedes 0.79 · 28 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Doncaster attack 1.47 + Cambridge United defence 0.79 → ÷2 → 1.13
Cambridge United attack 1.11 + Doncaster defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.15
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 36%?"
Cambridge United at 36% 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 36% does not mean "Cambridge United 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.
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Doncaster host Cambridge United on Tuesday, 16 August 2016 at 18:45. The match is part of the League Two 2022/2023 season.
League Two: Doncaster 1–0 Cambridge United
Doncaster beat Cambridge United 1-0 in League Two on August 16, 2016.
Goals: J. Marquis (74').
The match was played at Keepmoat Stadium (Doncaster, South Yorkshire).