Banbridge Town 2–2 Portstewart: Result & Stats

Banbridge Town

FT

2 – 2

Portstewart

3/30/2019

Premier Intermediate League · Round 19Crystal Park (Banbridge)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 4+ matches

Banbridge Town35%

×Draw22%

Portstewart43%

✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

48.6%

Always home

43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Banbridge TownExpected goals in this matchPortstewart

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.

1.75

1.96

Banbridge Town

1.75

Portstewart

1.96

Portstewart creates 12% more chances

Season form · 6 home / 4 away

1.50

creates per match

1.75

2.17

allows per match

2.00

creates per match

Banbridge Town

1.50

Portstewart

1.75

allows per match

Banbridge Town

2.17

Portstewart

2.00

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Banbridge Town+0.00on par

Portstewart+0.00on par

Total goals

Over71
Under29

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes71
No29

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Banbridge Town ↓

Portstewart →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–02%

0–15%

0–25%

0–33%

0–42%

1

1–04%

1–18%

1–28%

1–35%

1–43%

2

2–04%

2–17%

2–27%

2–35%

2–42%

3

3–02%

3–14%

3–24%

3–33%

3–41%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–22%

4–31%

4–41%

Most likely 1–1 (8%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

98%2%1.5

88%12%2.5

71%29%3.5

50%50%4.5

31%69%

Double chance

Banbridge Town or draw

57%

Banbridge Town or Portstewart

78%

Draw or Portstewart

65%

Winning margin

Banbridge Town wins by 2+

18%

Portstewart wins by 2+

24%

Team goals

Banbridge Town 1+ goals

83%

Banbridge Town 2+ goals

52%

Banbridge Town 3+ goals

25%

Portstewart 1+ goals

86%

Portstewart 2+ goals

58%

Portstewart 3+ goals

31%

Draw no bet

Banbridge Town (draw refunded)

45%

Portstewart (draw refunded)

55%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

62%

Both score & under 3

8%

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

Banbridge Town at home — creates 1.50, concedes 2.17 · 6 matches

Portstewart away — creates 1.75, concedes 2.00 · 4 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Banbridge Town attack 1.50 + Portstewart defence 2.00 → ÷2 → 1.75

Portstewart attack 1.75 + Banbridge Town defence 2.17 → ÷2 → 1.96

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 43%?"

Banbridge Town scores more

35%

level

22%

Portstewart scores more

43%

Portstewart at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Portstewart 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