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Heartland vs Plateau United — NPFL 2019

Heartland
Heartland
FT
1 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Plateau United
Plateau United
4/21/2022NPFLNPFL · Round 24Okigwe Township Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 99+ matches

Heartland53%
×Draw28%
Plateau United19%
✓ 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.

Heartland
1.38
Plateau United
0.70

Heartland creates 97% more chances

Season form · 99 home / 127 away

creates per match

Heartland
1.36
Plateau United
0.65

allows per match

Heartland
0.74
Plateau United
1.39

finishing

Heartland+0.00on par
Plateau United+0.00on par

Total goals

66%Under
  • Under66
  • Over34

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

62%No
  • No62
  • Yes38

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Heartland ↓

Plateau United →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–013%
0–19%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–017%
1–112%
1–24%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–012%
2–18%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–05%
3–14%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (17%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
87%13%1.5
61%39%2.5
34%66%3.5
16%84%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Heartland or draw
81%
Heartland or Plateau United
72%
Draw or Plateau United
47%

Winning margin

Heartland wins by 2+
26%
Plateau United wins by 2+
5%

Team goals

Heartland 1+ goals
75%
Heartland 2+ goals
40%
Heartland 3+ goals
16%
Plateau United 1+ goals
50%
Plateau United 2+ goals
16%
Plateau United 3+ goals
3%

Draw no bet

Heartland (draw refunded)
74%
Plateau United (draw refunded)
26%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
26%
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

Heartland at home — creates 1.36, concedes 0.74 · 99 matches

Plateau United away — creates 0.65, concedes 1.39 · 127 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Heartland attack 1.36 + Plateau United defence 1.39 → ÷2 → 1.38

Plateau United attack 0.65 + Heartland defence 0.74 → ÷2 → 0.70

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%?"

Heartland scores more
53%
level
28%
Plateau United scores more
19%

Heartland 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 "Heartland 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: Heartland vs Plateau United

Heartland beat Plateau United 1-0 in NPFL on April 21, 2022.

The match was played at Okigwe Township Stadium in Okigwe.