Kaizer Chiefs 2–0 Maritzburg Utd: Result & Stats

Kaizer Chiefs

FT

2 – 0

HT: 1 – 0

Maritzburg Utd

12/22/2021

Premier Soccer League · Round 14FNB Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 77+ matches

Kaizer Chiefs43%

×Draw30%

Maritzburg Utd26%

✓ 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.

Kaizer ChiefsExpected goals in this matchMaritzburg Utd

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.

1.16

0.83

Kaizer Chiefs

1.16

Maritzburg Utd

0.83

Kaizer Chiefs creates 40% more chances

Season form · 120 home / 77 away

1.16

creates per match

0.64

1.02

allows per match

1.16

creates per match

Kaizer Chiefs

1.16

Maritzburg Utd

0.64

allows per match

Kaizer Chiefs

1.02

Maritzburg Utd

1.16

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Kaizer Chiefs+0.00on par

Maritzburg Utd+0.00on par

Total goals

Under68
Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No61
Yes39

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Kaizer Chiefs ↓

Maritzburg Utd →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–014%

0–111%

0–25%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–016%

1–113%

1–25%

1–32%

1–40%

2

2–09%

2–18%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–13%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (16%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

86%14%1.5

59%41%2.5

32%68%3.5

14%86%4.5

5%95%

Double chance

Kaizer Chiefs or draw

74%

Kaizer Chiefs or Maritzburg Utd

70%

Draw or Maritzburg Utd

57%

Winning margin

Kaizer Chiefs wins by 2+

19%

Maritzburg Utd wins by 2+

8%

Team goals

Kaizer Chiefs 1+ goals

69%

Kaizer Chiefs 2+ goals

32%

Kaizer Chiefs 3+ goals

11%

Maritzburg Utd 1+ goals

56%

Maritzburg Utd 2+ goals

20%

Maritzburg Utd 3+ goals

5%

Draw no bet

Kaizer Chiefs (draw refunded)

62%

Maritzburg Utd (draw refunded)

38%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

26%

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

Kaizer Chiefs at home — creates 1.16, concedes 1.02 · 120 matches

Maritzburg Utd away — creates 0.64, concedes 1.16 · 77 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Kaizer Chiefs attack 1.16 + Maritzburg Utd defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.16

Maritzburg Utd attack 0.64 + Kaizer Chiefs defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 0.83

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 43%?"

Kaizer Chiefs scores more

43%

level

30%

Maritzburg Utd scores more

26%

Kaizer Chiefs at 43% 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 43% 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff