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Doncaster vs Salford City — League Two 2018

Doncaster
Doncaster
FT
2 – 1
HT: 1 – 1
Salford City
Salford City
8/20/2022League TwoLeague Two · Round 5Eco-Power Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 74+ matches

Doncaster39%
×Draw27%
Salford City35%
✓ 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.

Doncaster
1.33
Salford City
1.25

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 74 home / 158 away

creates per match

Doncaster
1.47
Salford City
1.32

allows per match

Doncaster
1.18
Salford City
1.20

finishing

Doncaster+0.00on par
Salford City+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Doncaster ↓

Salford City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–19%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Doncaster or draw
65%
Doncaster or Salford City
73%
Draw or Salford City
61%

Winning margin

Doncaster wins by 2+
17%
Salford City wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Doncaster 1+ goals
74%
Doncaster 2+ goals
38%
Doncaster 3+ goals
15%
Salford City 1+ goals
71%
Salford City 2+ goals
36%
Salford City 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

Doncaster (draw refunded)
53%
Salford City (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
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

Doncaster at home — creates 1.47, concedes 1.18 · 74 matches

Salford City away — creates 1.32, concedes 1.20 · 158 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Doncaster attack 1.47 + Salford City defence 1.20 → ÷2 → 1.33

Salford City attack 1.32 + Doncaster defence 1.18 → ÷2 → 1.25

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 39%?"

Doncaster scores more
39%
level
27%
Salford City scores more
35%

Doncaster at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Doncaster 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

League Two: Doncaster 2–1 Salford City

Doncaster beat Salford City 2-1 in League Two on August 20, 2022.

The match was played at Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.