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Kwara United vs Shooting StarsNPFL 2019

Kwara United
Kwara United
FT
20
HT: 10
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
2/12/2025NPFLNPFL · Round 20Kwara Sports Complex

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 85+ matches

Kwara United60%
×Draw26%
Shooting Stars13%
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.

Kwara United
1.46
Shooting Stars
0.53

Kwara United creates 175% more chances

Season form · 127 home / 85 away

creates per match

Kwara United
1.39
Shooting Stars
0.60

allows per match

Kwara United
0.45
Shooting Stars
1.53

finishing

Kwara United+0.00on par
Shooting Stars+0.00on par

Total goals

68%Under
  • Under68
  • Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

68%No
  • No68
  • Yes32

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Kwara United

Shooting Stars
0
1
2
3
4
0
0014%
017%
022%
030%
040%
1
1020%
1111%
123%
130%
140%
2
2015%
218%
222%
230%
240%
3
307%
314%
321%
330%
340%
4
403%
411%
420%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (20%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
86%14%1.5
59%41%2.5
32%68%3.5
14%86%4.5
5%95%

Double chance

Kwara United or draw
87%
Kwara United or Shooting Stars
74%
Draw or Shooting Stars
40%

Winning margin

Kwara United wins by 2+
31%
Shooting Stars wins by 2+
3%

Team goals

Kwara United 1+ goals
77%
Kwara United 2+ goals
43%
Kwara United 3+ goals
18%
Shooting Stars 1+ goals
41%
Shooting Stars 2+ goals
10%
Shooting Stars 3+ goals
2%

Draw no bet

Kwara United (draw refunded)
82%
Shooting Stars (draw refunded)
18%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
21%
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

Kwara United at homecreates 1.39, concedes 0.45 · 127 matches

Shooting Stars awaycreates 0.60, concedes 1.53 · 85 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Kwara United attack 1.39 + Shooting Stars defence 1.53 → ÷2 → 1.46

Shooting Stars attack 0.60 + Kwara United defence 0.45 → ÷2 → 0.53

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%?"

Kwara United scores more
60%
level
26%
Shooting Stars scores more
13%

Kwara 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 "Kwara 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

Kwara United 2 – 0 Shooting Stars

Kwara United beat Shooting Stars 2-0 in NPFL on February 12, 2025.

The match was played at Kwara Sports Complex in Ilorin.