HNK Cibalia vs Zrinski Jurjevac — First NL 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 34+ matches
HNK Cibalia51%
Zrinski Jurjevac24%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
HNK Cibalia creates 59% more chances
Season form · 108 home / 34 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No51
- Yes49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
HNK Cibalia ↓
Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
HNK Cibalia at home — creates 1.56, concedes 1.03 · 108 matches
Zrinski Jurjevac away — creates 0.91, concedes 1.53 · 34 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
HNK Cibalia attack 1.56 + Zrinski Jurjevac defence 1.53 → ÷2 → 1.54
Zrinski Jurjevac attack 0.91 + HNK Cibalia defence 1.03 → ÷2 → 0.97
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 51%?"
HNK Cibalia at 51% 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 51% does not mean "HNK Cibalia 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.
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HNK Cibalia host Zrinski Jurjevac on Saturday, 22 March 2025 at 14:30. The match is part of the First NL 2018/2019 season.
HNK Cibalia 1 – 0 Zrinski Jurjevac
HNK Cibalia beat Zrinski Jurjevac 1-0 in First NL on March 22, 2025.
Goals: P. Rubić (22' pen).
The match was played at Stadion Cibalia in Vinkovci.