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Escazucena vs Santa AnaLiga de Ascenso 2018

A. Suarez 89'
J. Alcocer 37'
J. Ramirez 32'
G. Alan 84'
R. Taylor 60' (pen)
9/15/2020Liga de AscensoLiga de Ascenso · Apertura - 2Estadio Guillermo Vargas Roldán

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 77+ matches

Escazucena43%
×Draw26%
Santa Ana32%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Escazucena
1.48
Santa Ana
1.23

Escazucena creates 20% more chances

Season form · 77 home / 110 away

creates per match

Escazucena
1.51
Santa Ana
1.41

allows per match

Escazucena
1.06
Santa Ana
1.44

finishing

Escazucena+0.00on par
Santa Ana+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Escazucena

Santa Ana
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
018%
025%
032%
041%
1
1010%
1112%
127%
133%
141%
2
207%
219%
226%
232%
241%
3
304%
314%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Escazucena or draw
68%
Escazucena or Santa Ana
74%
Draw or Santa Ana
57%

Winning margin

Escazucena wins by 2+
21%
Santa Ana wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Escazucena 1+ goals
77%
Escazucena 2+ goals
43%
Escazucena 3+ goals
19%
Santa Ana 1+ goals
71%
Santa Ana 2+ goals
35%
Santa Ana 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

Escazucena (draw refunded)
58%
Santa Ana (draw refunded)
42%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Escazucena at homecreates 1.51, concedes 1.06 · 77 matches

Santa Ana awaycreates 1.41, concedes 1.44 · 110 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Escazucena attack 1.51 + Santa Ana defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.48

Santa Ana attack 1.41 + Escazucena defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.23

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 43%?"

Escazucena scores more
43%
level
26%
Santa Ana scores more
32%

Escazucena at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Escazucena 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.

Match Events

32'
J. Ramirez
37'
J. Alcocer
60'
R. TaylorPenalty
79'
84'
G. Alan
85'
89'
A. Suarez

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Escazucena 3 – 2 Santa Ana

Escazucena beat Santa Ana 3-2 in Liga de Ascenso on September 15, 2020.

Goals: J. Ramirez (32'), J. Alcocer (37'), R. Taylor (60' pen), G. Alan (84'), A. Suarez (89').

The match was played at Estadio Guillermo Vargas Roldán in San Ramón de Alajuela.