Ghana vs Sierra Leone — Africa Cup of Nations 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Ghana53%
Sierra Leone22%✓ 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% 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.
Ghana creates 70% more chances
Season form · 4 home / 3 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Ghana ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
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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
Ghana at home — creates 2.25, concedes 1.25 · 4 matches
Sierra Leone away — creates 0.67, concedes 1.00 · 3 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Ghana attack 2.25 + Sierra Leone defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.63
Sierra Leone attack 0.67 + Ghana defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 0.96
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%?"
Ghana 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 "Ghana 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
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Ghana host Sierra Leone on Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 00:00. The match is part of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019/2020 season.
Ghana vs Sierra Leone — Match Preview
Ghana face Sierra Leone on October 11, 2018 in this Africa Cup of Nations fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.
Ghana host Sierra Leone at Baba Yara Stadium (Kumasi).
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