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Katsina United vs Kano Pillars — NPFL 2019

Katsina United
Katsina United
FT
3 – 2
HT: 1 – 0
Kano Pillars
Kano Pillars
2/28/2024NPFLNPFL · Round 22Muhammadu Dikko Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 118+ matches

Katsina United60%
×Draw25%
Kano Pillars14%
✓ 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.

Katsina United
1.56
Kano Pillars
0.61

Katsina United creates 156% more chances

Season form · 118 home / 121 away

creates per match

Katsina United
1.57
Kano Pillars
0.64

allows per match

Katsina United
0.58
Kano Pillars
1.54

finishing

Katsina United+0.00on par
Kano Pillars+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

64%No
  • No64
  • Yes36

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Katsina United ↓

Kano Pillars →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–011%
0–17%
0–22%
0–30%
0–40%
1
1–018%
1–111%
1–23%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–014%
2–18%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–07%
3–14%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–03%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (18%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Katsina United or draw
86%
Katsina United or Kano Pillars
75%
Draw or Kano Pillars
40%

Winning margin

Katsina United wins by 2+
33%
Kano Pillars wins by 2+
4%

Team goals

Katsina United 1+ goals
79%
Katsina United 2+ goals
46%
Katsina United 3+ goals
21%
Kano Pillars 1+ goals
46%
Kano Pillars 2+ goals
13%
Kano Pillars 3+ goals
2%

Draw no bet

Katsina United (draw refunded)
81%
Kano Pillars (draw refunded)
19%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
25%
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

Katsina United at home — creates 1.57, concedes 0.58 · 118 matches

Kano Pillars away — creates 0.64, concedes 1.54 · 121 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Katsina United attack 1.57 + Kano Pillars defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.56

Kano Pillars attack 0.64 + Katsina United defence 0.58 → ÷2 → 0.61

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 60%?"

Katsina United scores more
60%
level
25%
Kano Pillars scores more
14%

Katsina United at 60% 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 60% does not mean "Katsina United 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

NPFL: Katsina United 3–2 Kano Pillars

Katsina United beat Kano Pillars 3-2 in NPFL on February 28, 2024.

The match was played at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina.