Mali U17 vs Burkina Faso U17 — CAF Cup of Nations - U17 2023
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Mali U1740%
Burkina Faso U1733%✓ 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Mali U17 creates 14% more chances
Season form · 6 home / 3 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, %
Mali U17 ↓
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
Mali U17 at home — creates 1.67, concedes 1.00 · 6 matches
Burkina Faso U17 away — creates 1.33, concedes 1.00 · 3 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Mali U17 attack 1.67 + Burkina Faso U17 defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.33
Burkina Faso U17 attack 1.33 + Mali U17 defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.17
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 40%?"
Mali U17 at 40% 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 40% does not mean "Mali U17 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
Head to Head
4 previous meetings · small sample
If 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
Mali U17 host Burkina Faso U17 on Monday, 1 May 2023 at 19:00. The match is part of the CAF Cup of Nations - U17 2023/2024 season.
Match Recap: Mali U17 vs Burkina Faso U17
Mali U17 beat Burkina Faso U17 1-0 in CAF Cup of Nations - U17 on May 1, 2023.
Goals: M. Doumbia (25').
The match was played at Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba.