Mbabane Swallows vs Royal Leopards — Premier League 2020
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 85+ matches
Mbabane Swallows38%
Royal Leopards36%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
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.
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.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 85 home / 85 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Mbabane Swallows ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Mbabane Swallows at home — creates 1.74, concedes 0.71 · 85 matches
Royal Leopards away — creates 1.88, concedes 0.96 · 85 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Mbabane Swallows attack 1.74 + Royal Leopards defence 0.96 → ÷2 → 1.35
Royal Leopards attack 1.88 + Mbabane Swallows defence 0.71 → ÷2 → 1.29
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 38%?"
Mbabane Swallows at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Mbabane Swallows 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
Royal Leopards
Young BuffaloesMbabane Swallows
Highlanders
Green Mamba
Manzini Wanderers
Milling Hotspurs
Manzini Sea Birds
Tinyosi
Tambuti
Denver
Tambankulu Callies
Malanti Chiefs
Moneni Pirates
Black Swallows
Mhlume PeacemakersIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Mbabane Swallows host Royal Leopards on Saturday, 24 February 2024 at 13:00. The match is part of the Premier League 2020/2021 season.
Match Recap: Mbabane Swallows vs Royal Leopards
Mbabane Swallows and Royal Leopards drew 1-1 in Premier League on February 24, 2024.
The match was played at Mkhuzweni Technical Centre in Emkhuzweni.