Exeter City 2–1 Carlisle: Result & Stats

Exeter City

FT

2 – 1

HT: 0 – 0

Carlisle

11/20/2021

League Two · Round 17St James Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 90+ matches

Exeter City48%

×Draw26%

Carlisle26%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Exeter CityExpected goals in this matchCarlisle

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.

1.48

1.01

Exeter City

1.48

Carlisle

1.01

Exeter City creates 47% more chances

Season form · 90 home / 134 away

1.58

creates per match

1.04

0.98

allows per match

1.38

creates per match

Exeter City

1.58

Carlisle

1.04

allows per match

Exeter City

0.98

Carlisle

1.38

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Exeter City+0.00on par

Carlisle+0.00on par

Total goals

Under55
Over45

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No51
Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Exeter City ↓

Carlisle →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–18%

0–24%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–012%

1–112%

1–26%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–09%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–15%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

71%29%2.5

45%55%3.5

24%76%4.5

11%89%

Double chance

Exeter City or draw

74%

Exeter City or Carlisle

74%

Draw or Carlisle

52%

Winning margin

Exeter City wins by 2+

24%

Carlisle wins by 2+

9%

Team goals

Exeter City 1+ goals

77%

Exeter City 2+ goals

43%

Exeter City 3+ goals

19%

Carlisle 1+ goals

64%

Carlisle 2+ goals

27%

Carlisle 3+ goals

8%

Draw no bet

Exeter City (draw refunded)

65%

Carlisle (draw refunded)

35%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

37%

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 home — creates 1.58, concedes 0.98 · 90 matches

Carlisle away — creates 1.04, concedes 1.38 · 134 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 1.58 + Carlisle defence 1.38 → ÷2 → 1.48

Carlisle attack 1.04 + Exeter City defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.01

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 48%?"

Exeter City scores more

48%

level

26%

Carlisle scores more

26%

Exeter City at 48% 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 48% 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff