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Kano Pillars vs Bendel Insurance — NPFL 2019

Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars
FT
0 – 0
HT: 0 – 0
Bendel Insurance
Bendel Insurance
3/26/2025NPFLNPFL · Round 31Sani Abacha Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 79+ matches

Kano Pillars57%
×Draw29%
Bendel Insurance15%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

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.

Kano Pillars
1.33
Bendel Insurance
0.53

Kano Pillars creates 151% more chances

Season form · 120 home / 79 away

creates per match

Kano Pillars
1.54
Bendel Insurance
0.61

allows per match

Kano Pillars
0.44
Bendel Insurance
1.13

finishing

Kano Pillars+0.00on par
Bendel Insurance+0.00on par

Total goals

71%Under
  • Under71
  • Over29

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

70%No
  • No70
  • Yes30

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Kano Pillars ↓

Bendel Insurance →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–016%
0–18%
0–22%
0–30%
0–40%
1
1–021%
1–111%
1–23%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–014%
2–17%
2–22%
2–30%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–13%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (21%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
84%16%1.5
55%45%2.5
29%71%3.5
12%88%4.5
4%96%

Double chance

Kano Pillars or draw
85%
Kano Pillars or Bendel Insurance
71%
Draw or Bendel Insurance
43%

Winning margin

Kano Pillars wins by 2+
28%
Bendel Insurance wins by 2+
3%

Team goals

Kano Pillars 1+ goals
74%
Kano Pillars 2+ goals
38%
Kano Pillars 3+ goals
15%
Bendel Insurance 1+ goals
41%
Bendel Insurance 2+ goals
10%
Bendel Insurance 3+ goals
2%

Draw no bet

Kano Pillars (draw refunded)
79%
Bendel Insurance (draw refunded)
21%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
19%
Both score & under 3
11%

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

Kano Pillars at home — creates 1.54, concedes 0.44 · 120 matches

Bendel Insurance away — creates 0.61, concedes 1.13 · 79 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Kano Pillars attack 1.54 + Bendel Insurance defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.33

Bendel Insurance attack 0.61 + Kano Pillars defence 0.44 → ÷2 → 0.53

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 57%?"

Kano Pillars scores more
57%
level
29%
Bendel Insurance scores more
15%

Kano Pillars at 57% 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 57% does not mean "Kano Pillars 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

Match Recap: Kano Pillars vs Bendel Insurance

Kano Pillars and Bendel Insurance drew 0-0 in NPFL on March 26, 2025.

The match was played at Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.