Lobi Stars 0–0 Heartland: Result & Stats | NPFL

Lobi Stars

FT

0 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Heartland

12/29/2024

NPFL · Round 19Lafia Township Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 100+ matches

Lobi Stars58%

×Draw26%

Heartland16%

✓ 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.

Lobi StarsExpected goals in this matchHeartland

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.

1.49

0.64

Lobi Stars

1.49

Heartland

0.64

Lobi Stars creates 133% more chances

Season form · 114 home / 100 away

1.46

creates per match

0.53

0.75

allows per match

1.52

creates per match

Lobi Stars

1.46

Heartland

0.53

allows per match

Lobi Stars

0.75

Heartland

1.52

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Lobi Stars+0.00on par

Heartland+0.00on par

Total goals

Under64
Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No63
Yes37

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Lobi Stars ↓

Heartland →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–012%

0–18%

0–22%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–018%

1–111%

1–24%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–013%

2–18%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–07%

3–14%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (18%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

88%12%1.5

63%37%2.5

36%64%3.5

17%83%4.5

6%94%

Double chance

Lobi Stars or draw

84%

Lobi Stars or Heartland

74%

Draw or Heartland

42%

Winning margin

Lobi Stars wins by 2+

30%

Heartland wins by 2+

4%

Team goals

Lobi Stars 1+ goals

77%

Lobi Stars 2+ goals

44%

Lobi Stars 3+ goals

19%

Heartland 1+ goals

47%

Heartland 2+ goals

14%

Heartland 3+ goals

3%

Draw no bet

Lobi Stars (draw refunded)

78%

Heartland (draw refunded)

22%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

25%

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

Lobi Stars at home — creates 1.46, concedes 0.75 · 114 matches

Heartland away — creates 0.53, concedes 1.52 · 100 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Lobi Stars attack 1.46 + Heartland defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.49

Heartland attack 0.53 + Lobi Stars defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 0.64

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 58%?"

Lobi Stars scores more

58%

level

26%

Heartland scores more

16%

Lobi Stars at 58% 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 58% does not mean "Lobi Stars 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