Espoir Savalou 1–2 Coton Sport Ouidah

Espoir Savalou

FT

1 – 2

HT: 0 – 2

Coton Sport Ouidah

5/9/2026

Championnat National · Round 28

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 94+ matches

Espoir Savalou34%

×Draw31%

Coton Sport Ouidah35%

✓ 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.

Espoir SavalouExpected goals in this matchCoton Sport Ouidah

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.

0.97

0.98

Espoir Savalou

0.97

Coton Sport Ouidah

0.98

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 99 home / 94 away

1.22

creates per match

1.16

0.81

allows per match

0.73

creates per match

Espoir Savalou

1.22

Coton Sport Ouidah

1.16

allows per match

Espoir Savalou

0.81

Coton Sport Ouidah

0.73

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Espoir Savalou+0.00on par

Coton Sport Ouidah+0.00on par

Total goals

Under69
Over31

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No61
Yes39

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Espoir Savalou ↓

Coton Sport Ouidah →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–014%

0–114%

0–27%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–014%

1–114%

1–27%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–17%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–02%

3–12%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 0–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

86%14%1.5

58%42%2.5

31%69%3.5

13%87%4.5

5%95%

Double chance

Espoir Savalou or draw

65%

Espoir Savalou or Coton Sport Ouidah

69%

Draw or Coton Sport Ouidah

66%

Winning margin

Espoir Savalou wins by 2+

13%

Coton Sport Ouidah wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Espoir Savalou 1+ goals

62%

Espoir Savalou 2+ goals

25%

Espoir Savalou 3+ goals

7%

Coton Sport Ouidah 1+ goals

62%

Coton Sport Ouidah 2+ goals

26%

Coton Sport Ouidah 3+ goals

8%

Draw no bet

Espoir Savalou (draw refunded)

50%

Coton Sport Ouidah (draw refunded)

50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

25%

Both score & under 3

14%

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

Espoir Savalou at home — creates 1.22, concedes 0.81 · 99 matches

Coton Sport Ouidah away — creates 1.16, concedes 0.73 · 94 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Espoir Savalou attack 1.22 + Coton Sport Ouidah defence 0.73 → ÷2 → 0.97

Coton Sport Ouidah attack 1.16 + Espoir Savalou defence 0.81 → ÷2 → 0.98

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 35%?"

Espoir Savalou scores more

34%

level

31%

Coton Sport Ouidah scores more

35%

Coton Sport Ouidah at 35% 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 35% does not mean "Coton Sport Ouidah 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