Heart Of Midlothian 4–2 Motherwell: Result & Stats

Heart Of Midlothian

FT

4 – 2

HT: 1 – 1

Motherwell

9/26/2018

League Cup · Quarter-finalsTynecastle Stadium (Edinburgh)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 14+ matches

Heart Of Midlothian48%

×Draw24%

Motherwell29%

✓ 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.

Heart Of MidlothianExpected goals in this matchMotherwell

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.

1.72

1.28

Heart Of Midlothian

1.72

Motherwell

1.28

Heart Of Midlothian creates 34% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 14 away

2.64

creates per match

1.71

0.86

allows per match

0.79

creates per match

Heart Of Midlothian

2.64

Motherwell

1.71

allows per match

Heart Of Midlothian

0.86

Motherwell

0.79

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Heart Of Midlothian+0.00on par

Motherwell+0.00on par

Total goals

Over58
Under42

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes59
No41

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Heart Of Midlothian ↓

Motherwell →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–05%

0–16%

0–24%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–09%

1–111%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–19%

2–26%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–04%

3–15%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–31%

4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

95%5%1.5

80%20%2.5

58%42%3.5

35%65%4.5

18%82%

Double chance

Heart Of Midlothian or draw

71%

Heart Of Midlothian or Motherwell

76%

Draw or Motherwell

52%

Winning margin

Heart Of Midlothian wins by 2+

25%

Motherwell wins by 2+

12%

Team goals

Heart Of Midlothian 1+ goals

82%

Heart Of Midlothian 2+ goals

51%

Heart Of Midlothian 3+ goals

25%

Motherwell 1+ goals

72%

Motherwell 2+ goals

37%

Motherwell 3+ goals

14%

Draw no bet

Heart Of Midlothian (draw refunded)

63%

Motherwell (draw refunded)

37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

48%

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

Heart Of Midlothian at home — creates 2.64, concedes 0.86 · 14 matches

Motherwell away — creates 1.71, concedes 0.79 · 14 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Heart Of Midlothian attack 2.64 + Motherwell defence 0.79 → ÷2 → 1.72

Motherwell attack 1.71 + Heart Of Midlothian defence 0.86 → ÷2 → 1.28

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 48%?"

Heart Of Midlothian scores more

48%

level

24%

Motherwell scores more

29%

Heart Of Midlothian at 48% 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 48% does not mean "Heart Of Midlothian 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