Grasshoppers 0–3 BSC Young Boys: Result & Stats

Grasshoppers

FT

0 – 3

HT: 0 – 0

BSC Young Boys

11/3/2018

Super League · Round 13Letzigrund

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 15+ matches

Grasshoppers41%

×Draw25%

BSC Young Boys34%

✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.6%

Always home

44.7%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

GrasshoppersExpected goals in this matchBSC Young Boys

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.

1.48

1.34

Grasshoppers

1.48

BSC Young Boys

1.34

Grasshoppers creates 10% more chances

Season form · 30 home / 15 away

1.46

creates per match

1.26

1.42

allows per match

1.49

creates per match

Grasshoppers

1.46

BSC Young Boys

1.26

allows per match

Grasshoppers

1.42

BSC Young Boys

1.49

+0.21scores more than expected

finishing

+0.34scores more than expected

finishing

Grasshoppers+0.21scores more

BSC Young Boys+0.34scores more

Total goals

Over53
Under47

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes57
No43

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Grasshoppers ↓

BSC Young Boys →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–06%

0–18%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–09%

1–112%

1–28%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–19%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–14%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

94%6%1.5

77%23%2.5

53%47%3.5

31%69%4.5

15%85%

Double chance

Grasshoppers or draw

66%

Grasshoppers or BSC Young Boys

75%

Draw or BSC Young Boys

59%

Winning margin

Grasshoppers wins by 2+

20%

BSC Young Boys wins by 2+

15%

Team goals

Grasshoppers 1+ goals

77%

Grasshoppers 2+ goals

43%

Grasshoppers 3+ goals

19%

BSC Young Boys 1+ goals

74%

BSC Young Boys 2+ goals

39%

BSC Young Boys 3+ goals

15%

Draw no bet

Grasshoppers (draw refunded)

54%

BSC Young Boys (draw refunded)

46%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

45%

Both score & under 3

12%

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

Grasshoppers at home — creates 1.46, concedes 1.42 · 30 matches

BSC Young Boys away — creates 1.26, concedes 1.49 · 15 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Grasshoppers attack 1.46 + BSC Young Boys defence 1.49 → ÷2 → 1.48

BSC Young Boys attack 1.26 + Grasshoppers defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.34

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 41%?"

Grasshoppers scores more

41%

level

25%

BSC Young Boys scores more

34%

Grasshoppers at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Grasshoppers 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