Houston Dash W 3–0 North Carolina Courage W

Houston Dash W

FT

3 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

North Carolina Courage W

5/25/2024

NWSL Women · Round 8Shell Energy Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 81+ matches

Houston Dash W36%

×Draw27%

North Carolina Courage W38%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Houston Dash WExpected goals in this matchNorth Carolina Courage W

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.

1.26

1.31

Houston Dash W

1.26

North Carolina Courage W

1.31

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 82 home / 81 away

1.17

creates per match

1.35

1.27

allows per match

1.35

creates per match

Houston Dash W

1.17

North Carolina Courage W

1.35

allows per match

Houston Dash W

1.27

North Carolina Courage W

1.35

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Houston Dash W+0.00on par

North Carolina Courage W+0.00on par

Total goals

Under53
Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

Yes52
No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Houston Dash W ↓

North Carolina Courage W →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–110%

0–27%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–28%

1–34%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–18%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

73%27%2.5

47%53%3.5

26%74%4.5

12%88%

Double chance

Houston Dash W or draw

62%

Houston Dash W or North Carolina Courage W

73%

Draw or North Carolina Courage W

64%

Winning margin

Houston Dash W wins by 2+

15%

North Carolina Courage W wins by 2+

17%

Team goals

Houston Dash W 1+ goals

72%

Houston Dash W 2+ goals

36%

Houston Dash W 3+ goals

13%

North Carolina Courage W 1+ goals

73%

North Carolina Courage W 2+ goals

38%

North Carolina Courage W 3+ goals

14%

Draw no bet

Houston Dash W (draw refunded)

48%

North Carolina Courage W (draw refunded)

52%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

40%

Both score & under 3

13%

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

Houston Dash W at home — creates 1.17, concedes 1.27 · 82 matches

North Carolina Courage W away — creates 1.35, concedes 1.35 · 81 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Houston Dash W attack 1.17 + North Carolina Courage W defence 1.35 → ÷2 → 1.26

North Carolina Courage W attack 1.35 + Houston Dash W defence 1.27 → ÷2 → 1.31

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 38%?"

Houston Dash W scores more

36%

level

27%

North Carolina Courage W scores more

38%

North Carolina Courage W at 38% 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 38% does not mean "North Carolina Courage W 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