Kaizer Chiefs vs Free State Stars — Premier Soccer League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 40+ matches
Kaizer Chiefs48%
Free State Stars25%✓ Correct in 51 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: 50.5% correct across 577,134 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.8% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.
Kaizer Chiefs creates 52% more chances
Season form · 125 home / 40 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under60
- Over40
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No56
- Yes44
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Kaizer Chiefs ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 99% 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
Kaizer Chiefs at home — creates 1.17, concedes 1.00 · 125 matches
Free State Stars away — creates 0.80, concedes 1.57 · 40 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Kaizer Chiefs attack 1.17 + Free State Stars defence 1.57 → ÷2 → 1.37
Free State Stars attack 0.80 + Kaizer Chiefs defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 0.90
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 48%?"
Kaizer Chiefs at 48% 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 48% does not mean "Kaizer Chiefs 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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Kaizer Chiefs host Free State Stars on Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 16:00. The match is part of the Premier Soccer League 2018/2019 season.
Premier Soccer League: Kaizer Chiefs 1–1 Free State Stars
Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars drew 1-1 in Premier Soccer League on November 25, 2017.
Goals: N. Vilakazi (64'), B. Parker (68').
The match was played at Moses Mabhida Stadium (Durban).