Nairobi United vs Mara Sugar — Shield Cup 2022
Shield Cup · Semi-finalsMatch Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Nairobi United41%
Mara Sugar25%✓ 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: 50.3% 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.
Nairobi United creates 41% more chances
Season form · 3 home / 4 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under75
- Over25
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No68
- Yes32
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Nairobi United ↓
Most likely 0–0 (18%) · grid covers 100% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
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
Nairobi United at home — creates 1.00, concedes 0.67 · 3 matches
Mara Sugar away — creates 0.75, concedes 1.00 · 4 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Nairobi United attack 1.00 + Mara Sugar defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.00
Mara Sugar attack 0.75 + Nairobi United defence 0.67 → ÷2 → 0.71
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 41%?"
Nairobi United at 41% 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 41% does not mean "Nairobi United 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
Nairobi United host Mara Sugar on Sunday, 1 June 2025 at 12:20. The match is part of the Shield Cup 2022/2023 season.
Match Recap: Nairobi United vs Mara Sugar
Nairobi United and Mara Sugar drew 1-1 in Shield Cup on June 1, 2025.