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Moroka Swallows vs Maritzburg Utd — Premier Soccer League 2018

Moroka Swallows
Moroka Swallows
FT
2 – 0
HT: 1 – 0
Maritzburg Utd
Maritzburg Utd
12/15/2020Premier Soccer LeaguePremier Soccer League · Round 5Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 62+ matches

Moroka Swallows40%
×Draw31%
Maritzburg Utd28%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

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% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% 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
1.07
Maritzburg Utd
0.84

Moroka Swallows creates 27% more chances

Season form · 62 home / 77 away

creates per match

Moroka Swallows
0.98
Maritzburg Utd
0.64

allows per match

Moroka Swallows
1.05
Maritzburg Utd
1.16

finishing

Moroka Swallows+0.00on par
Maritzburg Utd+0.00on par

Total goals

70%Under
  • Under70
  • Over30

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

63%No
  • No63
  • Yes37

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Moroka Swallows ↓

Maritzburg Utd →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–015%
0–112%
0–25%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–016%
1–113%
1–26%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–08%
2–17%
2–23%
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 (16%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
85%15%1.5
57%43%2.5
30%70%3.5
13%87%4.5
4%96%

Double chance

Moroka Swallows or draw
72%
Moroka Swallows or Maritzburg Utd
69%
Draw or Maritzburg Utd
60%

Winning margin

Moroka Swallows wins by 2+
16%
Maritzburg Utd wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

Moroka Swallows 1+ goals
66%
Moroka Swallows 2+ goals
29%
Moroka Swallows 3+ goals
9%
Maritzburg Utd 1+ goals
57%
Maritzburg Utd 2+ goals
21%
Maritzburg Utd 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Moroka Swallows (draw refunded)
59%
Maritzburg Utd (draw refunded)
41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
24%
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

Maritzburg Utd away — creates 0.64, concedes 1.16 · 77 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 + Maritzburg Utd defence 1.16 → ÷2 → 1.07

Maritzburg Utd attack 0.64 + Moroka Swallows defence 1.05 → ÷2 → 0.84

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 40%?"

Moroka Swallows scores more
40%
level
31%
Maritzburg Utd scores more
28%

Moroka Swallows at 40% 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 40% 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 2–0 Maritzburg Utd

Moroka Swallows beat Maritzburg Utd 2-0 in Premier Soccer League on December 15, 2020.

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