Metalul Buzău vs Viitorul Şelimbăr — Liga II 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 27+ matches
Metalul Buzău47%
Viitorul Şelimbăr26%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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.
Metalul Buzău creates 44% more chances
Season form · 27 home / 69 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under59
- Over41
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No54
- Yes46
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Metalul Buzău ↓
Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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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
Metalul Buzău at home — creates 1.52, concedes 0.96 · 27 matches
Viitorul Şelimbăr away — creates 0.96, concedes 1.23 · 69 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Metalul Buzău attack 1.52 + Viitorul Şelimbăr defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.38
Viitorul Şelimbăr attack 0.96 + Metalul Buzău defence 0.96 → ÷2 → 0.96
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 47%?"
Metalul Buzău at 47% 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 47% does not mean "Metalul Buzău 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
Metalul Buzău substitutes
Head to Head
2 previous meetings · small sample
Corvinul Hunedoara
FC Voluntari
Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe
ASA Targu MuresMetalul Buzău
Bihor Oradea
CSA Steaua Bucureşti
Slatina
FC Bacau
Concordia
Politehnica Iasi
CSM Reşiţa
Chindia Targoviste
CS Afumati
Gloria BistriţaViitorul Şelimbăr
Dumbrăviţa
CSM Satu Mare
Tunari
CS Dinamo București
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Muscelul Câmpulung EliteIf 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
Metalul Buzău host Viitorul Şelimbăr on Saturday, 13 September 2025 at 08:00. The match is part of the Liga II 2018/2019 season.
Liga II: Metalul Buzău 1–0 Viitorul Şelimbăr
Metalul Buzău beat Viitorul Şelimbăr 1-0 in Liga II on September 13, 2025.
Goals: A. Saim Tudor (18' pen).
The match was played at Stadionul Cornel Negoescu - artificial grass in Buzau.