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Hartford Athletic vs San Diego LoyalUSL Championship 2018

7/8/2023USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 22Trinity Health Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 59+ matches

Hartford Athletic37%
×Draw24%
San Diego Loyal39%
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.

Hartford Athletic
1.48
San Diego Loyal
1.52

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 116 home / 59 away

creates per match

Hartford Athletic
1.51
San Diego Loyal
1.54

allows per match

Hartford Athletic
1.50
San Diego Loyal
1.46

finishing

Hartford Athletic+0.00on par
San Diego Loyal+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Over
  • Over58
  • Under42

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

60%Yes
  • Yes60
  • No40

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Hartford Athletic

San Diego Loyal
0
1
2
3
4
0
005%
018%
026%
033%
041%
1
107%
1111%
129%
134%
142%
2
205%
218%
226%
233%
241%
3
303%
314%
323%
332%
341%
4
401%
412%
421%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
80%20%2.5
58%42%3.5
35%65%4.5
18%82%

Double chance

Hartford Athletic or draw
61%
Hartford Athletic or San Diego Loyal
76%
Draw or San Diego Loyal
63%

Winning margin

Hartford Athletic wins by 2+
18%
San Diego Loyal wins by 2+
19%

Team goals

Hartford Athletic 1+ goals
77%
Hartford Athletic 2+ goals
43%
Hartford Athletic 3+ goals
19%
San Diego Loyal 1+ goals
78%
San Diego Loyal 2+ goals
45%
San Diego Loyal 3+ goals
20%

Draw no bet

Hartford Athletic (draw refunded)
49%
San Diego Loyal (draw refunded)
51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
49%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Hartford Athletic at homecreates 1.51, concedes 1.50 · 116 matches

San Diego Loyal awaycreates 1.54, concedes 1.46 · 59 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Hartford Athletic attack 1.51 + San Diego Loyal defence 1.46 → ÷2 → 1.48

San Diego Loyal attack 1.54 + Hartford Athletic defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.52

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 39%?"

Hartford Athletic scores more
37%
level
24%
San Diego Loyal scores more
39%

San Diego Loyal at 39% 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 39% does not mean "San Diego Loyal 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

Match Recap: Hartford Athletic vs San Diego Loyal

San Diego Loyal beat Hartford Athletic 2-0 in USL Championship on July 8, 2023.

The match was played at Trinity Health Stadium in Hartford.