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Moroka Swallows vs Cape Town City — Premier Soccer League 2018

Moroka Swallows
Moroka Swallows
FT
0 – 1
HT: 0 – 0
Cape Town City
Cape Town City
8/9/2023Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Round 2Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 62+ matches

Moroka Swallows37%
×Draw30%
Cape Town City33%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.

Moroka Swallows
1.08
Cape Town City
1.00

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 62 home / 109 away

creates per match

Moroka Swallows
0.98
Cape Town City
0.95

allows per match

Moroka Swallows
1.05
Cape Town City
1.19

finishing

Moroka Swallows+0.00on par
Cape Town City+0.00on par

Total goals

66%Under
  • Under66
  • Over34

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

58%No
  • No58
  • Yes42

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Moroka Swallows ↓

Cape Town City →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–012%
0–112%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–013%
1–113%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–17%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
88%12%1.5
62%38%2.5
34%66%3.5
16%84%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Moroka Swallows or draw
67%
Moroka Swallows or Cape Town City
70%
Draw or Cape Town City
63%

Winning margin

Moroka Swallows wins by 2+
15%
Cape Town City wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

Moroka Swallows 1+ goals
66%
Moroka Swallows 2+ goals
29%
Moroka Swallows 3+ goals
10%
Cape Town City 1+ goals
63%
Cape Town City 2+ goals
26%
Cape Town City 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Moroka Swallows (draw refunded)
53%
Cape Town City (draw refunded)
47%

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

Moroka Swallows at home — creates 0.98, concedes 1.05 · 62 matches

Cape Town City away — creates 0.95, concedes 1.19 · 109 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Moroka Swallows attack 0.98 + Cape Town City defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.08

Cape Town City attack 0.95 + Moroka Swallows defence 1.05 → ÷2 → 1.00

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 37%?"

Moroka Swallows scores more
37%
level
30%
Cape Town City scores more
33%

Moroka Swallows at 37% 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 37% does not mean "Moroka 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

Premier Soccer League: Moroka Swallows 0–1 Cape Town City

Cape Town City beat Moroka Swallows 1-0 in Premier Soccer League on August 9, 2023.

The match was played at Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg, GA.