Maritzburg Utd 2–2 Marumo Gallants: Result & Stats

Maritzburg Utd

FT

2 – 2

HT: 1 – 0

Marumo Gallants

5/3/2023

Premier Soccer League · Round 23Harry Gwala Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 76+ matches

Maritzburg Utd45%

×Draw29%

Marumo Gallants26%

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

Model

50%

Always home

44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct

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

Maritzburg UtdExpected goals in this matchMarumo Gallants

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.

1.24

0.88

Maritzburg Utd

1.24

Marumo Gallants

0.88

Maritzburg Utd creates 41% more chances

Season form · 77 home / 76 away

1.03

creates per match

0.72

1.04

allows per match

1.45

creates per match

Maritzburg Utd

1.03

Marumo Gallants

0.72

allows per match

Maritzburg Utd

1.04

Marumo Gallants

1.45

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Maritzburg Utd+0.00on par

Marumo Gallants+0.00on par

Total goals

Under64
Over36

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No58
Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Maritzburg Utd ↓

Marumo Gallants →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–012%

0–111%

0–25%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–015%

1–113%

1–26%

1–32%

1–40%

2

2–09%

2–18%

2–24%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–04%

3–13%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

88%12%1.5

63%37%2.5

36%64%3.5

16%84%4.5

6%94%

Double chance

Maritzburg Utd or draw

74%

Maritzburg Utd or Marumo Gallants

71%

Draw or Marumo Gallants

55%

Winning margin

Maritzburg Utd wins by 2+

20%

Marumo Gallants wins by 2+

9%

Team goals

Maritzburg Utd 1+ goals

71%

Maritzburg Utd 2+ goals

35%

Maritzburg Utd 3+ goals

13%

Marumo Gallants 1+ goals

59%

Marumo Gallants 2+ goals

22%

Marumo Gallants 3+ goals

6%

Draw no bet

Maritzburg Utd (draw refunded)

63%

Marumo Gallants (draw refunded)

37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

28%

Both score & under 3

13%

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

Maritzburg Utd at home — creates 1.03, concedes 1.04 · 77 matches

Marumo Gallants away — creates 0.72, concedes 1.45 · 76 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Maritzburg Utd attack 1.03 + Marumo Gallants defence 1.45 → ÷2 → 1.24

Marumo Gallants attack 0.72 + Maritzburg Utd defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 0.88

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 45%?"

Maritzburg Utd scores more

45%

level

29%

Marumo Gallants scores more

26%

Maritzburg Utd at 45% 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 45% does not mean "Maritzburg Utd 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