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Forest Green vs Milton Keynes Dons — League One 2018

Forest Green
Forest Green
FT
1 – 2
HT: 1 – 1
Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons
1/21/2023League OneLeague One · Round 28The Bolt New Lawn

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 23+ matches

Forest Green25%
×Draw25%
Milton Keynes Dons50%
✓ 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.

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.

Forest Green
1.02
Milton Keynes Dons
1.55

Milton Keynes Dons creates 52% more chances

Season form · 23 home / 95 away

creates per match

Forest Green
0.65
Milton Keynes Dons
1.27

allows per match

Forest Green
1.83
Milton Keynes Dons
1.40

finishing

Forest Green+0.00on par
Milton Keynes Dons+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Under
  • Under53
  • Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

50%No
  • No50
  • Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Forest Green ↓

Milton Keynes Dons →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–112%
0–29%
0–35%
0–42%
1
1–08%
1–112%
1–29%
1–35%
1–42%
2
2–04%
2–16%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–01%
3–12%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–00%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
73%27%2.5
47%53%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Forest Green or draw
50%
Forest Green or Milton Keynes Dons
75%
Draw or Milton Keynes Dons
75%

Winning margin

Forest Green wins by 2+
9%
Milton Keynes Dons wins by 2+
25%

Team goals

Forest Green 1+ goals
64%
Forest Green 2+ goals
27%
Forest Green 3+ goals
8%
Milton Keynes Dons 1+ goals
79%
Milton Keynes Dons 2+ goals
46%
Milton Keynes Dons 3+ goals
20%

Draw no bet

Forest Green (draw refunded)
33%
Milton Keynes Dons (draw refunded)
67%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
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

Forest Green at home — creates 0.65, concedes 1.83 · 23 matches

Milton Keynes Dons away — creates 1.27, concedes 1.40 · 95 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Forest Green attack 0.65 + Milton Keynes Dons defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.02

Milton Keynes Dons attack 1.27 + Forest Green defence 1.83 → ÷2 → 1.55

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 50%?"

Forest Green scores more
25%
level
25%
Milton Keynes Dons scores more
50%

Milton Keynes Dons at 50% 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 50% does not mean "Milton Keynes Dons 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

Match Recap: Forest Green vs Milton Keynes Dons

Milton Keynes Dons beat Forest Green 2-1 in League One on January 21, 2023.

The match was played at The Bolt New Lawn in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.