Gent vs Lokeren — Jupiler Pro League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 25+ matches
Gent54%
Lokeren23%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 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.
Gent creates 66% more chances
Season form · 156 home / 25 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over55
- Under45
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Gent ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% 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
Gent at home — creates 1.83, concedes 1.16 · 156 matches
Lokeren away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.76 · 25 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Gent attack 1.83 + Lokeren defence 1.76 → ÷2 → 1.79
Lokeren attack 1.00 + Gent defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.08
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 54%?"
Gent at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Gent 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 Events
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Standard Liege
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Charleroi
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Zulte Waregem
AS Eupen
Cercle Brugge
Oostende
Waasland-beverenLokerenIf 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
Possession
Shots
Statistics
Gent host Lokeren on Sunday, 26 August 2018 at 16:00. The match is part of the Jupiler Pro League 2018/2019 season.
Gent 2 – 1 Lokeren
Gent beat Lokeren 2-1 in Jupiler Pro League on August 26, 2018.
Goals: Jose Francisco Cevallos (59'), Jonathan Christian David (79'), Giorgi Kvilitaia (87').
Gent controlled possession (63%) and registered 17 shots to 8.
The match was played at Ghelamco Arena in Gent.