Kerry vs Shelbourne — FAI Cup 2019
Kerry score first in only 25% of matches
brightest fact of this match
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Kerry48%
Shelbourne26%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
Kerry creates 47% more chances
Season form · 3 home / 13 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under56
- Over44
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No52
- Yes48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Kerry ↓
Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Kerry at home — creates 1.33, concedes 0.33 · 3 matches
Shelbourne away — creates 1.62, concedes 1.54 · 13 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Kerry attack 1.33 + Shelbourne defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.44
Shelbourne attack 1.62 + Kerry defence 0.33 → ÷2 → 0.98
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 48%?"
Kerry at 48% 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 48% does not mean "Kerry 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.
Match Insights
- Even after scoring first, Shelbourne win only 40%
- 67% of Kerry’s matches go over 2.5 goals
- 31% of Shelbourne’s goals come after the 75th minute
- Kerry and Shelbourne have never met before
Based on historical data — not a prediction.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
No previous meetings found
Kerry host Shelbourne on Friday, 17 July 2026 at 18:45. The match is part of the FAI Cup 2019/2020 season.
Preview: Kerry host Shelbourne
July 17, 2026: Kerry take on Shelbourne in FAI Cup. Track every goal, card, and substitution live on Scoreo as the action unfolds.
Kerry host Shelbourne at Mounthawk Park.
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