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Nairobi City Stars vs Nairobi Stima — Super League 2018

Nairobi City Stars
Nairobi City Stars
FT
0 – 2
Nairobi Stima
Nairobi Stima
2/11/2018Super LeagueSuper League · Super League - Round 1

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 15+ matches

Nairobi City Stars33%
×Draw27%
Nairobi Stima39%
✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.6%
Always home
44.7%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% 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.

Nairobi City Stars
1.16
Nairobi Stima
1.29

Nairobi Stima creates 11% more chances

Season form · 36 home / 15 away

creates per match

Nairobi City Stars
1.11
Nairobi Stima
1.60

allows per match

Nairobi City Stars
0.97
Nairobi Stima
1.20

finishing

Nairobi City Stars+0.00on par
Nairobi Stima+0.00on par

Total goals

56%Under
  • Under56
  • Over44

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

50%No
  • No50
  • Yes50

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Nairobi City Stars ↓

Nairobi Stima →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–111%
0–27%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–010%
1–113%
1–28%
1–34%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–17%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
70%30%2.5
44%56%3.5
23%77%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Nairobi City Stars or draw
61%
Nairobi City Stars or Nairobi Stima
73%
Draw or Nairobi Stima
67%

Winning margin

Nairobi City Stars wins by 2+
14%
Nairobi Stima wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

Nairobi City Stars 1+ goals
69%
Nairobi City Stars 2+ goals
32%
Nairobi City Stars 3+ goals
11%
Nairobi Stima 1+ goals
72%
Nairobi Stima 2+ goals
37%
Nairobi Stima 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Nairobi City Stars (draw refunded)
46%
Nairobi Stima (draw refunded)
54%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
37%
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

Nairobi City Stars at home — creates 1.11, concedes 0.97 · 36 matches

Nairobi Stima away — creates 1.60, concedes 1.20 · 15 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Nairobi City Stars attack 1.11 + Nairobi Stima defence 1.20 → ÷2 → 1.16

Nairobi Stima attack 1.60 + Nairobi City Stars defence 0.97 → ÷2 → 1.29

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 39%?"

Nairobi City Stars scores more
33%
level
27%
Nairobi Stima scores more
39%

Nairobi Stima at 39% 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 39% does not mean "Nairobi Stima 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

Match Recap: Nairobi City Stars vs Nairobi Stima

Nairobi Stima beat Nairobi City Stars 2-0 in Super League on February 11, 2018.