Malta U17 vs Northern Ireland U17 — UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification 2022
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 6+ matches
Malta U1734%
Northern Ireland U1744%✓ 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.
Northern Ireland U17 creates 16% more chances
Season form · 6 home / 16 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over65
- Under35
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes66
- No34
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Malta U17 ↓
Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 95% 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
Malta U17 at home — creates 1.00, concedes 2.50 · 6 matches
Northern Ireland U17 away — creates 1.13, concedes 2.13 · 16 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Malta U17 attack 1.00 + Northern Ireland U17 defence 2.13 → ÷2 → 1.56
Northern Ireland U17 attack 1.13 + Malta U17 defence 2.50 → ÷2 → 1.81
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 44%?"
Northern Ireland U17 at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Northern Ireland 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
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
Malta U17 host Northern Ireland U17 on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 at 14:00. The match is part of the UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification 2022/2023 season.
UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification: Malta U17 1–2 Northern Ireland U17
Northern Ireland U17 beat Malta U17 2-1 in UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification on October 25, 2022.
Goals: T. Melillo (40'), C. Moreland (78'), R. Donnelly (87').
The match was played at MFA Centenary Stadium in Ta'Qali.