Manchester City W 0–1 Brighton W: Result & Stats

Manchester City W

FT

0 – 1

HT: 0 – 0

Brighton W

11/12/2023

FA WSL · Round 6Joie Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 83+ matches

Manchester City W70%

×Draw17%

Brighton W13%

✓ 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 matchBrighton 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.

2.43

0.95

Manchester City W

2.43

Brighton W

0.95

Manchester City W creates 156% more chances

Season form · 85 home / 83 away

2.91

creates per match

1.05

0.84

allows per match

1.95

creates per match

Manchester City W

2.91

Brighton W

1.05

allows per match

Manchester City W

0.84

Brighton W

1.95

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Manchester City W+0.00on par

Brighton W+0.00on par

Total goals

Over65
Under35

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes56
No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Manchester City W ↓

Brighton W →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–03%

0–13%

0–22%

0–30%

0–40%

1

1–08%

1–18%

1–24%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–010%

2–110%

2–25%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–08%

3–18%

3–24%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–05%

4–15%

4–22%

4–31%

4–40%

Most likely 2–0 (10%) · grid covers 91% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

97%3%1.5

85%15%2.5

65%35%3.5

43%57%4.5

24%76%

Double chance

Manchester City W or draw

87%

Manchester City W or Brighton W

83%

Draw or Brighton W

30%

Winning margin

Manchester City W wins by 2+

47%

Brighton W wins by 2+

4%

Team goals

Manchester City W 1+ goals

91%

Manchester City W 2+ goals

69%

Manchester City W 3+ goals

43%

Brighton W 1+ goals

61%

Brighton W 2+ goals

25%

Brighton W 3+ goals

7%

Draw no bet

Manchester City W (draw refunded)

84%

Brighton W (draw refunded)

16%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

48%

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

Manchester City W at home — creates 2.91, concedes 0.84 · 85 matches

Brighton W away — creates 1.05, concedes 1.95 · 83 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 2.91 + Brighton W defence 1.95 → ÷2 → 2.43

Brighton W attack 1.05 + Manchester City W defence 0.84 → ÷2 → 0.95

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 70%?"

Manchester City W scores more

70%

level

17%

Brighton W scores more

13%

Manchester City W at 70% 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 70% 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