Musselburgh Athletic vs Gretna 2008 — FA Cup 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
Musselburgh Athletic66%
Gretna 200816%✓ 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.
Musselburgh Athletic creates 118% more chances
Season form · 5 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over68
- Under32
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes61
- No39
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Musselburgh Athletic ↓
Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 91% of scorelines
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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
Musselburgh Athletic at home — creates 2.80, concedes 0.80 · 5 matches
Gretna 2008 away — creates 1.40, concedes 2.00 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Musselburgh Athletic attack 2.80 + Gretna 2008 defence 2.00 → ÷2 → 2.40
Gretna 2008 attack 1.40 + Musselburgh Athletic defence 0.80 → ÷2 → 1.10
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 66%?"
Musselburgh Athletic at 66% 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 66% does not mean "Musselburgh Athletic 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
Head to Head
1 previous meeting · small sampleMusselburgh Athletic host Gretna 2008 on Saturday, 23 September 2023 at 14:00. The match is part of the FA Cup 2019/2020 season.
FA Cup: Musselburgh Athletic 1–1 Gretna 2008
Musselburgh Athletic and Gretna 2008 drew 1-1 in FA Cup on September 23, 2023.
The match was played at Olivebank Stadium in Musselburgh.