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East Fife vs Elgin City — League Two 2018

East Fife
East Fife
FT
2 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Elgin City
Elgin City
5/3/2025League TwoLeague Two · Round 36MGM Timber Bayview Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 54+ matches

East Fife50%
×Draw24%
Elgin City26%
✓ 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.

East Fife
1.69
Elgin City
1.15

East Fife creates 47% more chances

Season form · 54 home / 134 away

creates per match

East Fife
1.76
Elgin City
1.10

allows per match

East Fife
1.20
Elgin City
1.63

finishing

East Fife+0.00on par
Elgin City+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Over
  • Over54
  • Under46

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

East Fife ↓

Elgin City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–17%
0–24%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–010%
1–111%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–110%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–05%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
78%22%2.5
54%46%3.5
32%68%4.5
16%84%

Double chance

East Fife or draw
74%
East Fife or Elgin City
76%
Draw or Elgin City
50%

Winning margin

East Fife wins by 2+
27%
Elgin City wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

East Fife 1+ goals
82%
East Fife 2+ goals
50%
East Fife 3+ goals
24%
Elgin City 1+ goals
68%
Elgin City 2+ goals
32%
Elgin City 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

East Fife (draw refunded)
66%
Elgin City (draw refunded)
34%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
44%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

East Fife at home — creates 1.76, concedes 1.20 · 54 matches

Elgin City away — creates 1.10, concedes 1.63 · 134 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

East Fife attack 1.76 + Elgin City defence 1.63 → ÷2 → 1.69

Elgin City attack 1.10 + East Fife defence 1.20 → ÷2 → 1.15

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 50%?"

East Fife scores more
50%
level
24%
Elgin City scores more
26%

East Fife at 50% 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 50% does not mean "East Fife 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: East Fife vs Elgin City

East Fife beat Elgin City 2-0 in League Two on May 3, 2025.

The match was played at MGM Timber Bayview Stadium in Methil.