Manzini Sea Birds 4–2 Tambuti: Result & Stats

Manzini Sea Birds

FT

4 – 2

HT: 2 – 2

Tambuti

10/15/2022

Premier League · Round 2King Sobhuza II Memorial Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 41+ matches

Manzini Sea Birds51%

×Draw25%

Tambuti24%

✓ 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 matchTambuti

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.

1.63

1.05

Manzini Sea Birds

1.63

Tambuti

1.05

Manzini Sea Birds creates 55% more chances

Season form · 85 home / 41 away

1.39

creates per match

0.98

1.13

allows per match

1.88

creates per match

Manzini Sea Birds

1.39

Tambuti

0.98

allows per match

Manzini Sea Birds

1.13

Tambuti

1.88

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Manzini Sea Birds+0.00on par

Tambuti+0.00on par

Total goals

Under50
Over50

Close call

Both teams score

Yes52
No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Manzini Sea Birds ↓

Tambuti →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–07%

0–17%

0–24%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–011%

1–112%

1–26%

1–32%

1–41%

2

2–09%

2–110%

2–25%

2–32%

2–40%

3

3–05%

3–15%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

93%7%1.5

75%25%2.5

50%50%3.5

28%72%4.5

13%87%

Double chance

Manzini Sea Birds or draw

76%

Manzini Sea Birds or Tambuti

75%

Draw or Tambuti

49%

Winning margin

Manzini Sea Birds wins by 2+

27%

Tambuti wins by 2+

9%

Team goals

Manzini Sea Birds 1+ goals

80%

Manzini Sea Birds 2+ goals

48%

Manzini Sea Birds 3+ goals

22%

Tambuti 1+ goals

65%

Tambuti 2+ goals

28%

Tambuti 3+ goals

9%

Draw no bet

Manzini Sea Birds (draw refunded)

68%

Tambuti (draw refunded)

32%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

40%

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

Tambuti away — creates 0.98, concedes 1.88 · 41 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 + Tambuti defence 1.88 → ÷2 → 1.63

Tambuti attack 0.98 + Manzini Sea Birds defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.05

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 51%?"

Manzini Sea Birds scores more

51%

level

25%

Tambuti scores more

24%

Manzini Sea Birds at 51% 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 51% 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