Hainan Star 0–1 Hunan Billows FC: Result & Stats

Hainan Star

FT

0 – 1

HT: 0 – 0

Hunan Billows FC

5/4/2024

League Two · Round 7Mission Hills Football Base Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 33+ matches

Hainan Star46%

×Draw26%

Hunan Billows FC28%

✓ 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.

Hainan StarExpected goals in this matchHunan Billows FC

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.

1.51

1.11

Hainan Star

1.51

Hunan Billows FC

1.11

Hainan Star creates 36% more chances

Season form · 47 home / 33 away

1.11

creates per match

0.94

1.28

allows per match

1.91

creates per match

Hainan Star

1.11

Hunan Billows FC

0.94

allows per match

Hainan Star

1.28

Hunan Billows FC

1.91

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Hainan Star+0.00on par

Hunan Billows FC+0.00on par

Total goals

Under51
Over49

Close call

Both teams score

Yes52
No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Hainan Star ↓

Hunan Billows FC →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–07%

0–18%

0–24%

0–32%

0–40%

1

1–011%

1–112%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–08%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–04%

3–15%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

93%7%1.5

74%26%2.5

49%51%3.5

27%73%4.5

12%88%

Double chance

Hainan Star or draw

72%

Hainan Star or Hunan Billows FC

74%

Draw or Hunan Billows FC

54%

Winning margin

Hainan Star wins by 2+

23%

Hunan Billows FC wins by 2+

11%

Team goals

Hainan Star 1+ goals

78%

Hainan Star 2+ goals

44%

Hainan Star 3+ goals

19%

Hunan Billows FC 1+ goals

67%

Hunan Billows FC 2+ goals

30%

Hunan Billows FC 3+ goals

10%

Draw no bet

Hainan Star (draw refunded)

62%

Hunan Billows FC (draw refunded)

38%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

40%

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

Hainan Star at home — creates 1.11, concedes 1.28 · 47 matches

Hunan Billows FC away — creates 0.94, concedes 1.91 · 33 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Hainan Star attack 1.11 + Hunan Billows FC defence 1.91 → ÷2 → 1.51

Hunan Billows FC attack 0.94 + Hainan Star defence 1.28 → ÷2 → 1.11

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 46%?"

Hainan Star scores more

46%

level

26%

Hunan Billows FC scores more

28%

Hainan Star at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Hainan Star 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