Lokomotiv Moscow vs PFC Sochi — Premier League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 89+ matches
Lokomotiv Moscow52%
PFC Sochi24%✓ 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.
Lokomotiv Moscow creates 59% more chances
Season form · 120 home / 89 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes53
- No47
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Lokomotiv Moscow ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
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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
Lokomotiv Moscow at home — creates 1.69, concedes 1.02 · 120 matches
PFC Sochi away — creates 1.08, concedes 1.66 · 89 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Lokomotiv Moscow attack 1.69 + PFC Sochi defence 1.66 → ÷2 → 1.67
PFC Sochi attack 1.08 + Lokomotiv Moscow defence 1.02 → ÷2 → 1.05
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 52%?"
Lokomotiv Moscow at 52% 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 52% does not mean "Lokomotiv Moscow 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
Zenit
FC KrasnodarLokomotiv
Spartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Baltika
Dynamo
Rubin
Akhmat
FC Rostov
Krylia Sovetov
Dinamo Makhachkala
Akron
FC Orenburg
Nizhny NovgorodFC Sochi
Rotor Volgograd
UralIf 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
Lokomotiv Moscow host PFC Sochi on Sunday, 14 March 2021 at 16:00. The match is part of the Premier League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Lokomotiv Moscow vs PFC Sochi
Lokomotiv Moscow beat PFC Sochi 3-1 in Premier League on March 14, 2021.
The match was played at RZD Arena in Moskva.