Forfar Athletic vs Brechin — League Cup 2025
Brechin score first in only 7% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Forfar Athletic65%
Brechin16%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 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: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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.
Forfar Athletic creates 114% more chances
Season form · 4 home / 3 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over68
- Under32
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes62
- No38
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Forfar Athletic ↓
Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 91% of scorelines
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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
Forfar Athletic at home — creates 0.50, concedes 2.25 · 4 matches
Brechin away — creates 0.00, concedes 4.33 · 3 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Forfar Athletic attack 0.50 + Brechin defence 4.33 → ÷2 → 2.42
Brechin attack 0.00 + Forfar Athletic defence 2.25 → ÷2 → 1.13
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 65%?"
Forfar Athletic at 65% 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 65% does not mean "Forfar Athletic 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.
Match Insights
- Forfar Athletic score first in only 16% of matches
- Both teams score in only 31% of Brechin’s matches
- 30% of Forfar Athletic’s goals come after the 75th minute
- 20% of Forfar Athletic’s goals come in the first 15 minutes
- Forfar Athletic and Brechin have never met before
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Forfar Athletic host Brechin on Saturday, 25 July 2026 at 14:00. The match is part of the League Cup 2025/2026 season.
Preview: Forfar Athletic host Brechin
July 25, 2026: Forfar Athletic take on Brechin in League Cup. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.
Forfar Athletic host Brechin at Station Park.
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