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Kenya Police vs Nairobi StimaSuper League 2018

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 14+ matches

Kenya Police39%
×Draw26%
Nairobi Stima35%
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.

Kenya Police
1.39
Nairobi Stima
1.29

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 17 home / 14 away

creates per match

Kenya Police
1.41
Nairobi Stima
1.64

allows per match

Kenya Police
0.94
Nairobi Stima
1.36

finishing

Kenya Police+0.00on par
Nairobi Stima+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Kenya Police

Nairobi Stima
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
019%
026%
032%
041%
1
1010%
1112%
128%
133%
141%
2
207%
219%
226%
232%
241%
3
303%
314%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

Kenya Police or draw
65%
Kenya Police or Nairobi Stima
74%
Draw or Nairobi Stima
61%

Winning margin

Kenya Police wins by 2+
18%
Nairobi Stima wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Kenya Police 1+ goals
75%
Kenya Police 2+ goals
40%
Kenya Police 3+ goals
16%
Nairobi Stima 1+ goals
72%
Nairobi Stima 2+ goals
37%
Nairobi Stima 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Kenya Police (draw refunded)
53%
Nairobi Stima (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
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

Kenya Police at homecreates 1.41, concedes 0.94 · 17 matches

Nairobi Stima awaycreates 1.64, concedes 1.36 · 14 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Kenya Police attack 1.41 + Nairobi Stima defence 1.36 → ÷2 → 1.39

Nairobi Stima attack 1.64 + Kenya Police defence 0.94 → ÷2 → 1.29

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 39%?"

Kenya Police scores more
39%
level
26%
Nairobi Stima scores more
35%

Kenya Police at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Kenya Police 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: Kenya Police vs Nairobi Stima

Nairobi Stima beat Kenya Police 3-1 in Super League on May 25, 2018.