Manchester City W 2–0 Aston Villa W: Result & Stats

Manchester City W

FT

2 – 0

HT: 0 – 0

Aston Villa W

3/9/2025

FA Women's Cup · Quarter-finalsJoie Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

Manchester City W95%

×Draw4%

Aston Villa W1%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

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

Manchester City WExpected goals in this matchAston Villa W

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.

4.08

0.31

Manchester City W

4.08

Aston Villa W

0.31

Manchester City W creates 1216% more chances

Season form · 13 home / 3 away

4.15

creates per match

0.00

0.62

allows per match

4.00

creates per match

Manchester City W

4.15

Aston Villa W

0.00

allows per match

Manchester City W

0.62

Aston Villa W

4.00

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Manchester City W+0.00on par

Aston Villa W+0.00on par

Total goals

Over79
Under21

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

No74
Yes26

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Manchester City W ↓

Aston Villa W →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–01%

0–10%

0–20%

0–30%

0–40%

1

1–06%

1–12%

1–20%

1–30%

1–40%

2

2–012%

2–14%

2–21%

2–30%

2–40%

3

3–016%

3–15%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–016%

4–15%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 3–0 (16%) · grid covers 70% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

99%1%1.5

92%8%2.5

79%21%3.5

59%41%4.5

37%63%

Double chance

Manchester City W or draw

99%

Manchester City W or Aston Villa W

96%

Draw or Aston Villa W

5%

Winning margin

Manchester City W wins by 2+

85%

Aston Villa W wins by 2+

0%

Team goals

Manchester City W 1+ goals

98%

Manchester City W 2+ goals

90%

Manchester City W 3+ goals

74%

Aston Villa W 1+ goals

27%

Aston Villa W 2+ goals

4%

Aston Villa W 3+ goals

0%

Draw no bet

Manchester City W (draw refunded)

99%

Aston Villa W (draw refunded)

1%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

24%

Both score & under 3

2%

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

Manchester City W at home — creates 4.15, concedes 0.62 · 13 matches

Aston Villa W away — creates 0.00, concedes 4.00 · 3 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Manchester City W attack 4.15 + Aston Villa W defence 4.00 → ÷2 → 4.08

Aston Villa W attack 0.00 + Manchester City W defence 0.62 → ÷2 → 0.31

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 95%?"

Manchester City W scores more

95%

level

4%

Aston Villa W scores more

1%

Manchester City W at 95% 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 95% does not mean "Manchester City W 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