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Kenya Police vs St Joseph FCSuper League 2018

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 17+ matches

Kenya Police44%
×Draw28%
St Joseph FC28%
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
1.34
St Joseph FC
1.00

Kenya Police creates 34% more chances

Season form · 17 home / 18 away

creates per match

Kenya Police
1.41
St Joseph FC
1.06

allows per match

Kenya Police
0.94
St Joseph FC
1.28

finishing

Kenya Police+0.00on par
St Joseph FC+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

53%No
  • No53
  • Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Kenya Police

St Joseph FC
0
1
2
3
4
0
0010%
0110%
025%
032%
040%
1
1013%
1113%
126%
132%
141%
2
209%
219%
224%
231%
240%
3
304%
314%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
68%32%2.5
41%59%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Kenya Police or draw
72%
Kenya Police or St Joseph FC
72%
Draw or St Joseph FC
56%

Winning margin

Kenya Police wins by 2+
21%
St Joseph FC wins by 2+
10%

Team goals

Kenya Police 1+ goals
74%
Kenya Police 2+ goals
39%
Kenya Police 3+ goals
15%
St Joseph FC 1+ goals
63%
St Joseph FC 2+ goals
26%
St Joseph FC 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Kenya Police (draw refunded)
61%
St Joseph FC (draw refunded)
39%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
34%
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 1.41, concedes 0.94 · 17 matches

St Joseph FC awaycreates 1.06, concedes 1.28 · 18 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 + St Joseph FC defence 1.28 → ÷2 → 1.34

St Joseph FC attack 1.06 + Kenya Police defence 0.94 → ÷2 → 1.00

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 44%?"

Kenya Police scores more
44%
level
28%
St Joseph FC scores more
28%

Kenya Police at 44% 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 44% 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

Super League: Kenya Police 2–1 St Joseph FC

Kenya Police beat St Joseph FC 2-1 in Super League on March 25, 2018.