Independiente Medellin vs Cucuta — Primera A 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 7+ matches
Independiente Medellin54%
Cucuta19%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.2% correct across 582,215 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Independiente Medellin creates 97% more chances
Season form · 12 home / 7 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under64
- Over36
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No61
- Yes39
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Independiente Medellin ↓
Most likely 1–0 (17%) · 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
Independiente Medellin at home — creates 1.45, concedes 0.75 · 12 matches
Cucuta away — creates 0.70, concedes 1.38 · 7 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Independiente Medellin attack 1.45 + Cucuta defence 1.38 → ÷2 → 1.42
Cucuta attack 0.70 + Independiente Medellin defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 0.72
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 54%?"
Independiente Medellin at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Independiente Medellin 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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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Independiente Medellin host Cucuta on Friday, 9 October 2020 at 01:10. The match is part of the Primera A 2018/2019 season.
Independiente Medellin 4 – 1 Cucuta
Independiente Medellin beat Cucuta 4-1 in Primera A on October 9, 2020.
Goals: J. Solano (28'), B. Garcés (62'), I. Escalante (71'), C. Monges (75'), J. Cuesta (84').
The match was played at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín.