Milton Keynes Dons vs Northampton — League One 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 92+ matches
Milton Keynes Dons49%
Northampton26%✓ 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.
Milton Keynes Dons creates 48% more chances
Season form · 93 home / 92 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Milton Keynes Dons ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · 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
Milton Keynes Dons at home — creates 1.31, concedes 1.14 · 93 matches
Northampton away — creates 0.95, concedes 1.76 · 92 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Milton Keynes Dons attack 1.31 + Northampton defence 1.76 → ÷2 → 1.54
Northampton attack 0.95 + Milton Keynes Dons defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.04
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 49%?"
Milton Keynes Dons at 49% 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 49% does not mean "Milton Keynes Dons 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
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Milton Keynes Dons host Northampton on Saturday, 20 February 2021 at 15:00. The match is part of the League One 2018/2019 season.
League One: Milton Keynes Dons 4–3 Northampton
Milton Keynes Dons beat Northampton 4-3 in League One on February 20, 2021.
The match was played at Stadium mk in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.