Manzini Sea Birds 1–0 Manzini Wanderers

Manzini Sea Birds

FT

1 – 0

Manzini Wanderers

2/12/2023

Premier League · Round 11King Sobhuza II Memorial Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 69+ matches

Manzini Sea Birds46%

×Draw26%

Manzini Wanderers27%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.3%

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.

Manzini Sea BirdsExpected goals in this matchManzini Wanderers

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.

1.46

1.06

Manzini Sea Birds

1.46

Manzini Wanderers

1.06

Manzini Sea Birds creates 38% more chances

Season form · 85 home / 69 away

1.39

creates per match

0.99

1.13

allows per match

1.52

creates per match

Manzini Sea Birds

1.39

Manzini Wanderers

0.99

allows per match

Manzini Sea Birds

1.13

Manzini Wanderers

1.52

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Manzini Sea Birds+0.00on par

Manzini Wanderers+0.00on par

Total goals

Under54
Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No50
Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Manzini Sea Birds ↓

Manzini Wanderers →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–19%

0–25%

0–32%

0–40%

1

1–012%

1–112%

1–27%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–09%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

72%28%2.5

46%54%3.5

25%75%4.5

11%89%

Double chance

Manzini Sea Birds or draw

73%

Manzini Sea Birds or Manzini Wanderers

74%

Draw or Manzini Wanderers

54%

Winning margin

Manzini Sea Birds wins by 2+

23%

Manzini Wanderers wins by 2+

10%

Team goals

Manzini Sea Birds 1+ goals

77%

Manzini Sea Birds 2+ goals

43%

Manzini Sea Birds 3+ goals

18%

Manzini Wanderers 1+ goals

65%

Manzini Wanderers 2+ goals

29%

Manzini Wanderers 3+ goals

9%

Draw no bet

Manzini Sea Birds (draw refunded)

63%

Manzini Wanderers (draw refunded)

37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

38%

Both score & under 3

12%

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

Manzini Sea Birds at home — creates 1.39, concedes 1.13 · 85 matches

Manzini Wanderers away — creates 0.99, concedes 1.52 · 69 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Manzini Sea Birds attack 1.39 + Manzini Wanderers defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.46

Manzini Wanderers attack 0.99 + Manzini Sea Birds defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.06

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 46%?"

Manzini Sea Birds scores more

46%

level

26%

Manzini Wanderers scores more

27%

Manzini Sea Birds at 46% 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 46% does not mean "Manzini Sea Birds 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