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Go Round vs Yobe StarsNPFL 2019

3/24/2019NPFLNPFL · Round 12Krisdera Hotel Stadium (Omoku)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 11+ matches

Go Round56%
×Draw31%
Yobe Stars13%
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.

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.

Go Round
1.19
Yobe Stars
0.41

Go Round creates 190% more chances

Season form · 11 home / 11 away

creates per match

Go Round
0.82
Yobe Stars
0.27

allows per match

Go Round
0.55
Yobe Stars
1.55

finishing

Go Round+0.00on par
Yobe Stars+0.00on par

Total goals

78%Under
  • Under78
  • Over22

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

77%No
  • No77
  • Yes23

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Go Round

Yobe Stars
0
1
2
3
4
0
0020%
018%
022%
030%
040%
1
1024%
1110%
122%
130%
140%
2
2014%
216%
221%
230%
240%
3
306%
312%
320%
330%
340%
4
402%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (24%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
80%20%1.5
47%53%2.5
22%78%3.5
8%92%4.5
2%98%

Double chance

Go Round or draw
87%
Go Round or Yobe Stars
69%
Draw or Yobe Stars
44%

Winning margin

Go Round wins by 2+
26%
Yobe Stars wins by 2+
2%

Team goals

Go Round 1+ goals
70%
Go Round 2+ goals
33%
Go Round 3+ goals
12%
Yobe Stars 1+ goals
34%
Yobe Stars 2+ goals
6%
Yobe Stars 3+ goals
1%

Draw no bet

Go Round (draw refunded)
81%
Yobe Stars (draw refunded)
19%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
14%
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

Go Round at homecreates 0.82, concedes 0.55 · 11 matches

Yobe Stars awaycreates 0.27, concedes 1.55 · 11 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Go Round attack 0.82 + Yobe Stars defence 1.55 → ÷2 → 1.19

Yobe Stars attack 0.27 + Go Round defence 0.55 → ÷2 → 0.41

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 56%?"

Go Round scores more
56%
level
31%
Yobe Stars scores more
13%

Go Round at 56% 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 56% does not mean "Go Round 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

Go Round 1 – 0 Yobe Stars

Go Round beat Yobe Stars 1-0 in NPFL on March 24, 2019.

The match was played at Krisdera Hotel Stadium (Omoku).