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Enyimba vs Sporting Lagos — NPFL 2019

Enyimba
Enyimba
FT
2 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Sporting Lagos
Sporting Lagos
1/7/2024NPFLNPFL · Round 17Enyimba International Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Enyimba65%
×Draw24%
Sporting Lagos11%
✓ 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.

Enyimba
1.61
Sporting Lagos
0.49

Enyimba creates 229% more chances

Season form · 130 home / 19 away

creates per match

Enyimba
1.60
Sporting Lagos
0.42

allows per match

Enyimba
0.56
Sporting Lagos
1.63

finishing

Enyimba+0.00on par
Sporting Lagos+0.00on par

Total goals

65%Under
  • Under65
  • Over35

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

69%No
  • No69
  • Yes31

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Enyimba ↓

Sporting Lagos →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–012%
0–16%
0–21%
0–30%
0–40%
1
1–020%
1–110%
1–22%
1–30%
1–40%
2
2–016%
2–18%
2–22%
2–30%
2–40%
3
3–09%
3–14%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–03%
4–12%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (20%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
62%38%2.5
35%65%3.5
16%84%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Enyimba or draw
89%
Enyimba or Sporting Lagos
76%
Draw or Sporting Lagos
35%

Winning margin

Enyimba wins by 2+
36%
Sporting Lagos wins by 2+
2%

Team goals

Enyimba 1+ goals
80%
Enyimba 2+ goals
48%
Enyimba 3+ goals
22%
Sporting Lagos 1+ goals
39%
Sporting Lagos 2+ goals
9%
Sporting Lagos 3+ goals
1%

Draw no bet

Enyimba (draw refunded)
86%
Sporting Lagos (draw refunded)
14%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
21%
Both score & under 3
10%

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

Enyimba at home — creates 1.60, concedes 0.56 · 130 matches

Sporting Lagos away — creates 0.42, concedes 1.63 · 19 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Enyimba attack 1.60 + Sporting Lagos defence 1.63 → ÷2 → 1.61

Sporting Lagos attack 0.42 + Enyimba defence 0.56 → ÷2 → 0.49

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 65%?"

Enyimba scores more
65%
level
24%
Sporting Lagos scores more
11%

Enyimba at 65% 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 65% does not mean "Enyimba 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

NPFL: Enyimba 2–0 Sporting Lagos

Enyimba beat Sporting Lagos 2-0 in NPFL on January 7, 2024.

The match was played at Enyimba International Stadium in Aba.