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Highlanders vs Young Buffaloes — Premier League 2020

Highlanders
Highlanders
FT
0 – 5
HT: 0 – 1
Young Buffaloes
Young Buffaloes
12/23/2023Premier LeaguePremier League · Round 10Kalanga Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 85+ matches

Highlanders31%
×Draw26%
Young Buffaloes43%
✓ 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.

Highlanders
1.18
Young Buffaloes
1.43

Young Buffaloes creates 21% more chances

Season form · 85 home / 86 away

creates per match

Highlanders
1.58
Young Buffaloes
1.86

allows per match

Highlanders
1.00
Young Buffaloes
0.78

finishing

Highlanders+0.00on par
Young Buffaloes+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

53%Yes
  • Yes53
  • No47

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Highlanders ↓

Young Buffaloes →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–07%
0–111%
0–28%
0–34%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–29%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–05%
2–17%
2–25%
2–32%
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
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
27%73%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Highlanders or draw
57%
Highlanders or Young Buffaloes
74%
Draw or Young Buffaloes
69%

Winning margin

Highlanders wins by 2+
13%
Young Buffaloes wins by 2+
20%

Team goals

Highlanders 1+ goals
69%
Highlanders 2+ goals
33%
Highlanders 3+ goals
12%
Young Buffaloes 1+ goals
76%
Young Buffaloes 2+ goals
42%
Young Buffaloes 3+ goals
17%

Draw no bet

Highlanders (draw refunded)
42%
Young Buffaloes (draw refunded)
58%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
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

Highlanders at home — creates 1.58, concedes 1.00 · 85 matches

Young Buffaloes away — creates 1.86, concedes 0.78 · 86 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Highlanders attack 1.58 + Young Buffaloes defence 0.78 → ÷2 → 1.18

Young Buffaloes attack 1.86 + Highlanders defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.43

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 43%?"

Highlanders scores more
31%
level
26%
Young Buffaloes scores more
43%

Young Buffaloes at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Young Buffaloes 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

Premier League: Highlanders 0–5 Young Buffaloes

Young Buffaloes beat Highlanders 5-0 in Premier League on December 23, 2023.

The match was played at Kalanga Stadium in Kalanga.