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Kenya Police vs Nzoia SugarFKF Premier League 2018

10/20/2021FKF Premier LeagueFKF Premier League · Round 3Kasarani Annex Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 13+ matches

Kenya Police35%
×Draw27%
Nzoia Sugar38%
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
1.23
Nzoia Sugar
1.28

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 13 home / 111 away

creates per match

Kenya Police
1.15
Nzoia Sugar
1.02

allows per match

Kenya Police
1.54
Nzoia Sugar
1.32

finishing

Kenya Police+0.00on par
Nzoia Sugar+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Under
  • Under54
  • Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Kenya Police

Nzoia Sugar
0
1
2
3
4
0
008%
0110%
027%
033%
041%
1
1010%
1113%
128%
133%
141%
2
206%
218%
225%
232%
241%
3
303%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
71%29%2.5
46%54%3.5
24%76%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Kenya Police or draw
62%
Kenya Police or Nzoia Sugar
73%
Draw or Nzoia Sugar
65%

Winning margin

Kenya Police wins by 2+
15%
Nzoia Sugar wins by 2+
17%

Team goals

Kenya Police 1+ goals
71%
Kenya Police 2+ goals
35%
Kenya Police 3+ goals
13%
Nzoia Sugar 1+ goals
72%
Nzoia Sugar 2+ goals
37%
Nzoia Sugar 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Kenya Police (draw refunded)
48%
Nzoia Sugar (draw refunded)
52%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
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

Kenya Police at homecreates 1.15, concedes 1.54 · 13 matches

Nzoia Sugar awaycreates 1.02, concedes 1.32 · 111 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 1.15 + Nzoia Sugar defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.23

Nzoia Sugar attack 1.02 + Kenya Police defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.28

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 38%?"

Kenya Police scores more
35%
level
27%
Nzoia Sugar scores more
38%

Nzoia Sugar at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Nzoia Sugar 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

FKF Premier League: Kenya Police 3–1 Nzoia Sugar

Kenya Police beat Nzoia Sugar 3-1 in FKF Premier League on October 20, 2021.

The match was played at Kasarani Annex Stadium in Nairobi.