Huddersfield 1–1 Leeds: Result & Stats

Huddersfield

FT

1 – 1

HT: 1 – 0

Leeds

3/2/2024

Championship · Round 35John Smith's Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 97+ matches

Huddersfield31%

×Draw27%

Leeds41%

✓ 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.

HuddersfieldExpected goals in this matchLeeds

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.

1.11

1.32

Huddersfield

1.11

Leeds

1.32

Leeds creates 19% more chances

Season form · 118 home / 97 away

1.22

creates per match

1.48

1.17

allows per match

1.01

creates per match

Huddersfield

1.22

Leeds

1.48

allows per match

Huddersfield

1.17

Leeds

1.01

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Huddersfield+0.00on par

Leeds+0.00on par

Total goals

Under56
Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No51
Yes49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Huddersfield ↓

Leeds →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–09%

0–112%

0–28%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–29%

1–34%

1–41%

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%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

91%9%1.5

70%30%2.5

44%56%3.5

23%77%4.5

10%90%

Double chance

Huddersfield or draw

59%

Huddersfield or Leeds

73%

Draw or Leeds

69%

Winning margin

Huddersfield wins by 2+

12%

Leeds wins by 2+

19%

Team goals

Huddersfield 1+ goals

67%

Huddersfield 2+ goals

30%

Huddersfield 3+ goals

10%

Leeds 1+ goals

73%

Leeds 2+ goals

38%

Leeds 3+ goals

15%

Draw no bet

Huddersfield (draw refunded)

43%

Leeds (draw refunded)

57%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

36%

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

Huddersfield at home — creates 1.22, concedes 1.17 · 118 matches

Leeds away — creates 1.48, concedes 1.01 · 97 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Huddersfield attack 1.22 + Leeds defence 1.01 → ÷2 → 1.11

Leeds attack 1.48 + Huddersfield defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.32

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 41%?"

Huddersfield scores more

31%

level

27%

Leeds scores more

41%

Leeds at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Leeds 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