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Exeter City vs BarnetLeague Two 2018

Exeter City
Exeter City
FT
21
HT: 20
Barnet
Barnet
4/14/2017League TwoLeague Two · Round 42St. James' Park (Exeter, Devon)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 62+ matches

Exeter City46%
×Draw26%
Barnet28%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.2%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.

Exeter City
1.50
Barnet
1.11

Exeter City creates 35% more chances

Season form · 98 home / 62 away

creates per match

Exeter City
1.53
Barnet
1.27

allows per match

Exeter City
0.96
Barnet
1.47

finishing

Exeter City+0.00on par
Barnet+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Exeter City

Barnet
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
018%
025%
032%
040%
1
1011%
1112%
127%
133%
141%
2
208%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
304%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
27%73%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Exeter City or draw
72%
Exeter City or Barnet
74%
Draw or Barnet
54%

Winning margin

Exeter City wins by 2+
23%
Barnet wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Exeter City 1+ goals
78%
Exeter City 2+ goals
44%
Exeter City 3+ goals
19%
Barnet 1+ goals
67%
Barnet 2+ goals
30%
Barnet 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Exeter City (draw refunded)
62%
Barnet (draw refunded)
38%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
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

Exeter City at homecreates 1.53, concedes 0.96 · 98 matches

Barnet awaycreates 1.27, concedes 1.47 · 62 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Exeter City attack 1.53 + Barnet defence 1.47 → ÷2 → 1.50

Barnet attack 1.27 + Exeter City defence 0.96 → ÷2 → 1.11

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 46%?"

Exeter City scores more
46%
level
26%
Barnet scores more
28%

Exeter City at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Exeter City 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.

Exeter
Barnet
P. Tisdale
Manager: P. Tisdale
60'M. OakleyR. Reid
75'T. Archibald-HenvilleE. Ampadu
R. Eames
Manager: R. Eames
46'J. Campbell-RyceL. Coulson
68'C. WestonRubén Bover
78'J. AmaluzorS. Akinola

League Two: Exeter City 2–1 Barnet

Exeter City beat Barnet 2-1 in League Two on April 14, 2017.

Goals: J. Moore-Taylor (4'), D. Wheeler (6'), J. Akinde (69').

The match was played at St. James' Park (Exeter, Devon).