Espoir vs Kiyovu Sports — National Soccer League 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 48+ matches
Espoir33%
Kiyovu Sports37%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 48 home / 96 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under66
- Over34
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No59
- Yes41
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Espoir ↓
Most likely 0–1 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Espoir at home — creates 0.88, concedes 1.10 · 48 matches
Kiyovu Sports away — creates 1.07, concedes 1.10 · 96 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Espoir attack 0.88 + Kiyovu Sports defence 1.10 → ÷2 → 0.99
Kiyovu Sports attack 1.07 + Espoir defence 1.10 → ÷2 → 1.08
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 37%?"
Kiyovu Sports at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Kiyovu Sports 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
APR
Rayon Sports
Police
MukuraKiyovu Sports
AS Kigali
Sunrise
Bugesera
Gasogi United
Marines
Muhanga
Musanze
EtincellesEspoir
Heroes
GicumbiIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Espoir host Kiyovu Sports on Sunday, 2 April 2023 at 13:00. The match is part of the National Soccer League 2019/2020 season.
National Soccer League: Espoir 1–2 Kiyovu Sports
Kiyovu Sports beat Espoir 2-1 in National Soccer League on April 2, 2023.
The match was played at Cyangugu Regional Stadium in Cyangugu.