Hyderabad vs Minerva Punjab — Indian Super League 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 30+ matches
Hyderabad37%
Minerva Punjab38%✓ 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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 64 home / 30 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over54
- Under46
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Hyderabad ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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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
Hyderabad at home — creates 1.30, concedes 1.52 · 64 matches
Minerva Punjab away — creates 1.33, concedes 1.50 · 30 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Hyderabad attack 1.30 + Minerva Punjab defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.40
Minerva Punjab attack 1.33 + Hyderabad defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.43
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 38%?"
Minerva Punjab 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 "Minerva Punjab 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
Minerva Punjab substitutes
Head to Head
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Hyderabad host Minerva Punjab on Thursday, 6 March 2025 at 14:00. The match is part of the Indian Super League 2019/2020 season.
Indian Super League: Hyderabad 1–3 Minerva Punjab
Minerva Punjab beat Hyderabad 3-1 in Indian Super League on March 6, 2025.
Goals: A. Saji (41' o.g.), L. Majcen (56'), S. Singamayum (86'), Ramhlunchhunga (90+4').
Hyderabad controlled possession (56%) and registered 6 shots to 23.
The match was played at G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium in Hyderabad.