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Heilongjiang Lava Spring vs Xinjiang TianshanLeague One 2018

Li Shuai 65'
Mao Kaiyu 26'
11/20/2020League OneLeague One · Relegation Play-offsSuzhou City Sports Centre

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 72+ matches

Heilongjiang Lava Spring60%
×Draw23%
Xinjiang Tianshan17%
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.

Heilongjiang Lava Spring
1.80
Xinjiang Tianshan
0.85

Heilongjiang Lava Spring creates 112% more chances

Season form · 124 home / 72 away

creates per match

Heilongjiang Lava Spring
1.45
Xinjiang Tianshan
0.63

allows per match

Heilongjiang Lava Spring
1.08
Xinjiang Tianshan
2.15

finishing

Heilongjiang Lava Spring+0.00on par
Xinjiang Tianshan+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Under
  • Under51
  • Over49

Close call

Both teams score

52%No
  • No52
  • Yes48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Heilongjiang Lava Spring

Xinjiang Tianshan
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
016%
023%
031%
040%
1
1013%
1111%
125%
131%
140%
2
2011%
2110%
224%
231%
240%
3
307%
316%
322%
331%
340%
4
403%
413%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 96% 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
13%87%

Double chance

Heilongjiang Lava Spring or draw
83%
Heilongjiang Lava Spring or Xinjiang Tianshan
77%
Draw or Xinjiang Tianshan
40%

Winning margin

Heilongjiang Lava Spring wins by 2+
34%
Xinjiang Tianshan wins by 2+
5%

Team goals

Heilongjiang Lava Spring 1+ goals
83%
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2+ goals
54%
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 3+ goals
27%
Xinjiang Tianshan 1+ goals
57%
Xinjiang Tianshan 2+ goals
21%
Xinjiang Tianshan 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Heilongjiang Lava Spring (draw refunded)
77%
Xinjiang Tianshan (draw refunded)
23%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
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

Heilongjiang Lava Spring at homecreates 1.45, concedes 1.08 · 124 matches

Xinjiang Tianshan awaycreates 0.63, concedes 2.15 · 72 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Heilongjiang Lava Spring attack 1.45 + Xinjiang Tianshan defence 2.15 → ÷2 → 1.80

Xinjiang Tianshan attack 0.63 + Heilongjiang Lava Spring defence 1.08 → ÷2 → 0.85

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 60%?"

Heilongjiang Lava Spring scores more
60%
level
23%
Xinjiang Tianshan scores more
17%

Heilongjiang Lava Spring at 60% 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 60% does not mean "Heilongjiang Lava Spring 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.

Heilongjiang
Xinjiang
Li Haijun
Manager: Li Haijun
81'Yang LeiZhang Hao
81'R. BouliY. Arquin
93'Yu XiangXu Dong
107'Huang GengjiSun Yifan

Heilongjiang Lava Spring substitutes

46'Xiang JiachiWang Haozhi
61'Mustahan MijitMehmud Abdukerem
72'Dilxat AblimitZhang Ao
72'Elbug ChagtselSabit Abdusalam
76'Mirdan AblikimDanyar Musajan
116'Ilyas IlharNurmemet Tursun

Match Recap: Heilongjiang Lava Spring vs Xinjiang Tianshan

Heilongjiang Lava Spring beat Xinjiang Tianshan 2-1 in League One on November 20, 2020.

Goals: K. Onuegbu (1'), Mao Kaiyu (26'), Li Shuai (65').

The match was played at Suzhou City Sports Centre in Suzhou.