Mafra vs União Santarém — Liga 3 2021
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 16+ matches
Mafra42%
União Santarém31%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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.
Mafra creates 20% more chances
Season form · 16 home / 44 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Mafra ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
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
Mafra at home — creates 1.56, concedes 1.19 · 16 matches
União Santarém away — creates 1.09, concedes 1.18 · 44 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Mafra attack 1.56 + União Santarém defence 1.18 → ÷2 → 1.37
União Santarém attack 1.09 + Mafra defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.14
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 42%?"
Mafra at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Mafra 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
Felgueiras 1932
Oliveirense
SC Braga B
Guimaraes B
Canelas 2010
Sanjoanense
Lusitânia Lourosa
São João Ver
Anadia
Montalegre
Fafe
Pevidem
União de Leiria
Alverca
Torreense
Vitoria Setubal
Amora
Real
Caldas
Sporting CP B
Cova De Piedade
Oliveira HospitalUnião Santarém
Oriental DragonIf 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
Mafra host União Santarém on Friday, 16 January 2026 at 20:00. The match is part of the Liga 3 2021/2022 season.
Mafra 0 – 0 União Santarém
Mafra and União Santarém drew 0-0 in Liga 3 on January 16, 2026.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal de Mafra in Mafra.