Heroes 0–0 Marines: Result & Stats

Heroes

FT

0 – 0

Marines

1/18/2020

National Soccer League · Round 18Bugesera Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 13+ matches

Heroes31%

×Draw26%

Marines44%

✓ 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.

HeroesExpected goals in this matchMarines

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.

1.21

1.49

Heroes

1.21

Marines

1.49

Marines creates 23% more chances

Season form · 13 home / 95 away

0.85

creates per match

0.89

2.08

allows per match

1.56

creates per match

Heroes

0.85

Marines

0.89

allows per match

Heroes

2.08

Marines

1.56

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Heroes+0.00on par

Marines+0.00on par

Total goals

Over51
Under49

Close call

Both teams score

Yes54
No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Heroes ↓

Marines →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–07%

0–110%

0–27%

0–34%

0–41%

1

1–08%

1–112%

1–29%

1–34%

1–42%

2

2–05%

2–17%

2–25%

2–33%

2–41%

3

3–02%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

93%7%1.5

75%25%2.5

51%49%3.5

29%71%4.5

14%86%

Double chance

Heroes or draw

56%

Heroes or Marines

74%

Draw or Marines

69%

Winning margin

Heroes wins by 2+

13%

Marines wins by 2+

21%

Team goals

Heroes 1+ goals

70%

Heroes 2+ goals

34%

Heroes 3+ goals

12%

Marines 1+ goals

77%

Marines 2+ goals

44%

Marines 3+ goals

19%

Draw no bet

Heroes (draw refunded)

41%

Marines (draw refunded)

59%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

42%

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

Heroes at home — creates 0.85, concedes 2.08 · 13 matches

Marines away — creates 0.89, concedes 1.56 · 95 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Heroes attack 0.85 + Marines defence 1.56 → ÷2 → 1.21

Marines attack 0.89 + Heroes defence 2.08 → ÷2 → 1.49

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 44%?"

Heroes scores more

31%

level

26%

Marines scores more

44%

Marines at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Marines 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