Liverpool U19 vs Salzburg U19 — UEFA Youth League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 15+ matches
✓ 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.
Liverpool U19 creates 61% more chances
Season form · 15 home / 16 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over69
- Under31
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes66
- No34
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Liverpool U19 ↓
Most likely 1–1 (9%) · grid covers 92% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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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
Liverpool U19 at home — creates 2.93, concedes 0.73 · 15 matches
Salzburg U19 away — creates 2.00, concedes 1.44 · 16 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Liverpool U19 attack 2.93 + Salzburg U19 defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 2.19
Salzburg U19 attack 2.00 + Liverpool U19 defence 0.73 → ÷2 → 1.36
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 56%?"
Liverpool U19 at 56% 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 56% does not mean "Liverpool U19 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 Events

Head to Head
If points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Liverpool U19 host Salzburg U19 on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 at 14:00. The match is part of the UEFA Youth League 2018/2019 season.
UEFA Youth League: Liverpool U19 4–2 Salzburg U19
Liverpool U19 beat Salzburg U19 4-2 in UEFA Youth League on October 2, 2019.
Goals: Y. Larouci (5'), K. Adeyemi (21'), S. van den Berg (63' o.g.), N. Williams (78'), C. Jones (82'), R. Brewster (90+3' pen).
The match was played at Langtree Park in St Helens, Merseyside.
























