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Municipal Liberia vs Santa AnaLiga de Ascenso 2018

3/7/2019Liga de AscensoLiga de Ascenso · Clausura - 10Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño (Liberia)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 75+ matches

Municipal Liberia44%
×Draw25%
Santa Ana31%
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.

Municipal Liberia
1.50
Santa Ana
1.21

Municipal Liberia creates 24% more chances

Season form · 75 home / 109 away

creates per match

Municipal Liberia
1.55
Santa Ana
1.42

allows per match

Municipal Liberia
1.01
Santa Ana
1.45

finishing

Municipal Liberia+0.00on par
Santa Ana+0.00on par

Total goals

51%Over
  • Over51
  • Under49

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Municipal Liberia

Santa Ana
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
018%
025%
032%
041%
1
1010%
1112%
127%
133%
141%
2
207%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
304%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
51%49%3.5
29%71%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

Municipal Liberia or draw
69%
Municipal Liberia or Santa Ana
75%
Draw or Santa Ana
56%

Winning margin

Municipal Liberia wins by 2+
22%
Santa Ana wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Municipal Liberia 1+ goals
78%
Municipal Liberia 2+ goals
44%
Municipal Liberia 3+ goals
19%
Santa Ana 1+ goals
70%
Santa Ana 2+ goals
34%
Santa Ana 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Municipal Liberia (draw refunded)
59%
Santa Ana (draw refunded)
41%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
Both score & under 3
12%

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

Municipal Liberia at homecreates 1.55, concedes 1.01 · 75 matches

Santa Ana awaycreates 1.42, concedes 1.45 · 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

Municipal Liberia attack 1.55 + Santa Ana defence 1.45 → ÷2 → 1.50

Santa Ana attack 1.42 + Municipal Liberia defence 1.01 → ÷2 → 1.21

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 44%?"

Municipal Liberia scores more
44%
level
25%
Santa Ana scores more
31%

Municipal Liberia at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Municipal Liberia 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

Municipal Liberia 0 – 0 Santa Ana

Municipal Liberia and Santa Ana drew 0-0 in Liga de Ascenso on March 7, 2019.

The match was played at Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño (Liberia).