Mérida AD vs CF Talavera — Primera División RFEF - Group 5 2020
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 12+ matches
Mérida AD39%
CF Talavera30%✓ 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.
Mérida AD creates 18% more chances
Season form · 12 home / 12 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under70
- Over30
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No62
- Yes38
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Mérida AD ↓
Most likely 0–0 (15%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Mérida AD at home — creates 0.83, concedes 0.42 · 12 matches
CF Talavera away — creates 1.33, concedes 1.25 · 12 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Mérida AD attack 0.83 + CF Talavera defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.04
CF Talavera attack 1.33 + Mérida AD defence 0.42 → ÷2 → 0.88
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 39%?"
Mérida AD at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Mérida AD 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.
Match Events
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Melilla
Villanovense
Internacional de MadridCF Talavera
Socuéllamos
PoblenseMérida AD
Atlético Madrid II
Villarrubia
Las Rozas
Navalcarnero
Don Benito
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VillarrobledoIf 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
Mérida AD host CF Talavera on Sunday, 18 October 2020 at 16:00. The match is part of the Primera División RFEF - Group 5 2020/2021 season.
Match Recap: Mérida AD vs CF Talavera
CF Talavera beat Mérida AD 1-0 in Primera División RFEF - Group 5 on October 18, 2020.
Goals: Toño Calvo (61').
The match was played at Estadio Romano in Mérida.