Scoreo

Popayan vs America de CaliPrimera B 2018

Popayan
Popayan
FT
11
HT: 11
America de Cali
America de Cali
J. Angulo 25'
11/20/2016Primera BPrimera B · Promotion Round - 5Estadio Ciro López (Popayán)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 10+ matches

Popayan27%
×Draw31%
America de Cali42%
Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.5%
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: 50.5% correct across 581,483 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.

Popayan
0.84
America de Cali
1.12

America de Cali creates 33% more chances

Season form · 122 home / 10 away

creates per match

Popayan
0.98
America de Cali
1.20

allows per match

Popayan
1.04
America de Cali
0.70

finishing

Popayan+0.00on par
America de Cali+0.00on par

Total goals

69%Under
  • Under69
  • Over31

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

62%No
  • No62
  • Yes38

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Popayan

America de Cali
0
1
2
3
4
0
0014%
0116%
029%
033%
041%
1
1012%
1113%
127%
133%
141%
2
205%
216%
223%
231%
240%
3
301%
312%
321%
330%
340%
4
400%
410%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 0–1 (16%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
86%14%1.5
58%42%2.5
31%69%3.5
14%86%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Popayan or draw
58%
Popayan or America de Cali
69%
Draw or America de Cali
73%

Winning margin

Popayan wins by 2+
9%
America de Cali wins by 2+
17%

Team goals

Popayan 1+ goals
57%
Popayan 2+ goals
21%
Popayan 3+ goals
5%
America de Cali 1+ goals
67%
America de Cali 2+ goals
31%
America de Cali 3+ goals
10%

Draw no bet

Popayan (draw refunded)
39%
America de Cali (draw refunded)
61%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
25%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Popayan at homecreates 0.98, concedes 1.04 · 122 matches

America de Cali awaycreates 1.20, concedes 0.70 · 10 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Popayan attack 0.98 + America de Cali defence 0.70 → ÷2 → 0.84

America de Cali attack 1.20 + Popayan defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 1.12

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 42%?"

Popayan scores more
27%
level
31%
America de Cali scores more
42%

America de Cali at 42% 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 42% does not mean "America de Cali 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.

Popayan
America
C. Torres
Manager: C. Torres
46'J. PretelJ. Bedoya
70'J. PortillaW. España
88'D. QuiñonesS. Bermúdez

Popayan substitutes

H. Torres
Manager: H. Torres
70'J. ÁlvarezJonny Mosquera
74'F. MercadoE. Farías
81'W. ArboledaBrayan Angulo Mosquera

America de Cali substitutes

Popayan 1 – 1 America de Cali

Popayan and America de Cali drew 1-1 in Primera B on November 20, 2016.

Goals: J. Angulo (25'), J. Figueroa (32').

The match was played at Estadio Ciro López (Popayán).