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Elgin City vs Hibernian — League Cup 2018

Elgin City
Elgin City
FT
0 – 2
HT: 0 – 1
Hibernian
Hibernian
7/26/2019League CupLeague Cup · Group Stage - 7Borough Briggs

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 14+ matches

Elgin City14%
×Draw19%
Hibernian68%
✓ 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.

Elgin City
0.91
Hibernian
2.27

Hibernian creates 149% more chances

Season form · 16 home / 14 away

creates per match

Elgin City
0.75
Hibernian
1.79

allows per match

Elgin City
2.75
Hibernian
1.07

finishing

Elgin City+0.00on par
Hibernian+0.00on par

Total goals

61%Over
  • Over61
  • Under39

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Elgin City ↓

Hibernian →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–04%
0–110%
0–211%
0–38%
0–45%
1
1–04%
1–19%
1–210%
1–37%
1–44%
2
2–02%
2–14%
2–24%
2–33%
2–42%
3
3–01%
3–11%
3–21%
3–31%
3–41%
4
4–00%
4–10%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 0–2 (11%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
82%18%2.5
61%39%3.5
39%61%4.5
21%79%

Double chance

Elgin City or draw
32%
Elgin City or Hibernian
81%
Draw or Hibernian
86%

Winning margin

Elgin City wins by 2+
4%
Hibernian wins by 2+
44%

Team goals

Elgin City 1+ goals
60%
Elgin City 2+ goals
23%
Elgin City 3+ goals
6%
Hibernian 1+ goals
90%
Hibernian 2+ goals
66%
Hibernian 3+ goals
39%

Draw no bet

Elgin City (draw refunded)
17%
Hibernian (draw refunded)
83%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
45%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Elgin City at home — creates 0.75, concedes 2.75 · 16 matches

Hibernian away — creates 1.79, concedes 1.07 · 14 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Elgin City attack 0.75 + Hibernian defence 1.07 → ÷2 → 0.91

Hibernian attack 1.79 + Elgin City defence 2.75 → ÷2 → 2.27

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 68%?"

Elgin City scores more
14%
level
19%
Hibernian scores more
68%

Hibernian at 68% 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 68% does not mean "Hibernian 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 Cup: Elgin City 0–2 Hibernian

Hibernian beat Elgin City 2-0 in League Cup on July 26, 2019.

The match was played at Borough Briggs in Elgin.