Fortaleza FC vs Real Cartagena — Primera B 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 97+ matches
Fortaleza FC53%
Real Cartagena22%✓ Correct in 50 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: 50.3% correct across 577,253 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.6% 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.
Fortaleza FC creates 73% more chances
Season form · 97 home / 152 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under53
- Over47
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No51
- Yes49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Fortaleza FC ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Fortaleza FC at home — creates 1.89, concedes 0.97 · 97 matches
Real Cartagena away — creates 0.91, concedes 1.37 · 152 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Fortaleza FC attack 1.89 + Real Cartagena defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.63
Real Cartagena attack 0.91 + Fortaleza FC defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 0.94
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 53%?"
Fortaleza FC at 53% 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 53% does not mean "Fortaleza FC 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.
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Ind. YumboIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Fortaleza FC host Real Cartagena on Sunday, 7 August 2022 at 20:30. The match is part of the Primera B 2018/2019 season.
Primera B: Fortaleza FC 3–1 Real Cartagena
Fortaleza FC beat Real Cartagena 3-1 in Primera B on August 7, 2022.
Goals: A. Parra (7'), L. Robledo (25'), K. Aladesanmi (64'), J. Melendez (79').
The match was played at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá, D.C..