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Queen's University vs Newington YouthPremier Intermediate League 2018

1/12/2019Premier Intermediate LeaguePremier Intermediate League · Round 11Queen's University Malone Playing Fields (Belfast)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 16+ matches

Queen's University53%
×Draw21%
Newington Youth26%
Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% 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.

Queen's University
2.14
Newington Youth
1.44

Queen's University creates 49% more chances

Season form · 16 home / 17 away

creates per match

Queen's University
2.63
Newington Youth
1.88

allows per match

Queen's University
1.00
Newington Youth
1.65

finishing

Queen's University+0.00on par
Newington Youth+0.00on par

Total goals

69%Over
  • Over69
  • Under31

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

67%Yes
  • Yes67
  • No33

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Queen's University

Newington Youth
0
1
2
3
4
0
003%
014%
023%
031%
041%
1
106%
119%
126%
133%
141%
2
206%
219%
227%
233%
241%
3
305%
317%
325%
332%
341%
4
402%
414%
423%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (9%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
87%13%2.5
69%31%3.5
48%52%4.5
28%72%

Double chance

Queen's University or draw
74%
Queen's University or Newington Youth
79%
Draw or Newington Youth
47%

Winning margin

Queen's University wins by 2+
32%
Newington Youth wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Queen's University 1+ goals
88%
Queen's University 2+ goals
63%
Queen's University 3+ goals
36%
Newington Youth 1+ goals
76%
Newington Youth 2+ goals
42%
Newington Youth 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Queen's University (draw refunded)
67%
Newington Youth (draw refunded)
33%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
59%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

Queen's University at homecreates 2.63, concedes 1.00 · 16 matches

Newington Youth awaycreates 1.88, concedes 1.65 · 17 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Queen's University attack 2.63 + Newington Youth defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 2.14

Newington Youth attack 1.88 + Queen's University defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.44

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 53%?"

Queen's University scores more
53%
level
21%
Newington Youth scores more
26%

Queen's University 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 "Queen's University 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

Premier Intermediate League: Queen's University 4–2 Newington Youth

Queen's University beat Newington Youth 4-2 in Premier Intermediate League on January 12, 2019.

The match was played at Queen's University Malone Playing Fields (Belfast).