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Italy vs TürkiyeUEFA Nations League 2018

Italy
Italy
Preview
18:45
Türkiye
Türkiye
Big match
40%
Türkiye
model favours
34%26%40%

Top-of-the-table clash — Italy 2 vs Türkiye 2

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
52%
over 2.5 goals
55%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 12+ matches

Italy34%
×Draw26%
Türkiye40%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.

Italy
1.30
Türkiye
1.44

Türkiye creates 11% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 12 away

creates per match

Italy
1.43
Türkiye
1.75

allows per match

Italy
1.14
Türkiye
1.17

finishing

Italy+0.00on par
Türkiye+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Italy

Türkiye
0
1
2
3
4
0
006%
019%
027%
033%
041%
1
108%
1112%
129%
134%
142%
2
205%
218%
226%
233%
241%
3
302%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Italy or draw
60%
Italy or Türkiye
74%
Draw or Türkiye
66%

Winning margin

Italy wins by 2+
15%
Türkiye wins by 2+
19%

Team goals

Italy 1+ goals
73%
Italy 2+ goals
37%
Italy 3+ goals
14%
Türkiye 1+ goals
76%
Türkiye 2+ goals
42%
Türkiye 3+ goals
18%

Draw no bet

Italy (draw refunded)
46%
Türkiye (draw refunded)
54%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Italy at homecreates 1.43, concedes 1.14 · 14 matches

Türkiye awaycreates 1.75, concedes 1.17 · 12 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Italy attack 1.43 + Türkiye defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.30

Türkiye attack 1.75 + Italy defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.44

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 40%?"

Italy scores more
34%
level
26%
Türkiye scores more
40%

Türkiye at 40% 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 40% does not mean "Türkiye 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.

Form
Italy
WWDLL
Türkiye
WLLWW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Preview: Italy host Türkiye

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