France U17 2–1 Netherlands U17: Result & Stats

France U17

FT

2 – 1

HT: 0 – 0

Netherlands U17

6/1/2022

UEFA U17 Championship · FinalNetanya Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

France U1755%

×Draw22%

Netherlands U1723%

✓ 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.

France U17Expected goals in this matchNetherlands U17

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.

2.02

1.24

France U17

2.02

Netherlands U17

1.24

France U17 creates 63% more chances

Season form · 13 home / 3 away

2.38

creates per match

1.33

1.15

allows per match

1.67

creates per match

France U17

2.38

Netherlands U17

1.33

allows per match

France U17

1.15

Netherlands U17

1.67

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

France U17+0.00on par

Netherlands U17+0.00on par

Total goals

Over63
Under37

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes62
No38

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

France U17 ↓

Netherlands U17 →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–04%

0–15%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–08%

1–110%

1–26%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–110%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–05%

3–17%

3–24%

3–32%

3–41%

4

4–03%

4–13%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

96%4%1.5

84%16%2.5

63%37%3.5

41%59%4.5

23%77%

Double chance

France U17 or draw

77%

France U17 or Netherlands U17

78%

Draw or Netherlands U17

45%

Winning margin

France U17 wins by 2+

33%

Netherlands U17 wins by 2+

9%

Team goals

France U17 1+ goals

87%

France U17 2+ goals

60%

France U17 3+ goals

33%

Netherlands U17 1+ goals

71%

Netherlands U17 2+ goals

35%

Netherlands U17 3+ goals

13%

Draw no bet

France U17 (draw refunded)

70%

Netherlands U17 (draw refunded)

30%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

52%

Both score & under 3

10%

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

France U17 at home — creates 2.38, concedes 1.15 · 13 matches

Netherlands U17 away — creates 1.33, concedes 1.67 · 3 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

France U17 attack 2.38 + Netherlands U17 defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 2.02

Netherlands U17 attack 1.33 + France U17 defence 1.15 → ÷2 → 1.24

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 55%?"

France U17 scores more

55%

level

22%

Netherlands U17 scores more

23%

France U17 at 55% 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 55% does not mean "France U17 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