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Lobi Stars vs Kwara UnitedNPFL 2019

Lobi Stars
Lobi Stars
FT
10
HT: 10
Kwara United
Kwara United
11/30/2024NPFLNPFL · Round 15Lafia Township Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 114+ matches

Lobi Stars57%
×Draw26%
Kwara United17%
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.

Lobi Stars
1.50
Kwara United
0.67

Lobi Stars creates 124% more chances

Season form · 114 home / 128 away

creates per match

Lobi Stars
1.46
Kwara United
0.58

allows per match

Lobi Stars
0.75
Kwara United
1.55

finishing

Lobi Stars+0.00on par
Kwara United+0.00on par

Total goals

63%Under
  • Under63
  • Over37

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

62%No
  • No62
  • Yes38

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Lobi Stars

Kwara United
0
1
2
3
4
0
0011%
018%
023%
031%
040%
1
1017%
1111%
124%
131%
140%
2
2013%
219%
223%
231%
240%
3
306%
314%
321%
330%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–0 (17%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
89%11%1.5
64%36%2.5
37%63%3.5
17%83%4.5
7%93%

Double chance

Lobi Stars or draw
83%
Lobi Stars or Kwara United
74%
Draw or Kwara United
43%

Winning margin

Lobi Stars wins by 2+
30%
Kwara United wins by 2+
4%

Team goals

Lobi Stars 1+ goals
78%
Lobi Stars 2+ goals
44%
Lobi Stars 3+ goals
19%
Kwara United 1+ goals
49%
Kwara United 2+ goals
15%
Kwara United 3+ goals
3%

Draw no bet

Lobi Stars (draw refunded)
78%
Kwara United (draw refunded)
22%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
26%
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 homecreates 1.46, concedes 0.75 · 114 matches

Kwara United awaycreates 0.58, concedes 1.55 · 128 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 + Kwara United defence 1.55 → ÷2 → 1.50

Kwara United attack 0.58 + Lobi Stars defence 0.75 → ÷2 → 0.67

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 57%?"

Lobi Stars scores more
57%
level
26%
Kwara United scores more
17%

Lobi Stars at 57% 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 57% 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

NPFL: Lobi Stars 1–0 Kwara United

Lobi Stars beat Kwara United 1-0 in NPFL on November 30, 2024.

The match was played at Lafia Township Stadium in Lafia.