Nasarawa United 2–1 Bendel Insurance

Nasarawa United

FT

2 – 1

HT: 1 – 1

Bendel Insurance

11/27/2024

NPFL · Round 14Lafia Township Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 79+ matches

Nasarawa United54%

×Draw28%

Bendel Insurance18%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Nasarawa UnitedExpected goals in this matchBendel Insurance

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.

1.35

0.64

Nasarawa United

1.35

Bendel Insurance

0.64

Nasarawa United creates 111% more chances

Season form · 109 home / 79 away

1.57

creates per match

0.61

0.66

allows per match

1.13

creates per match

Nasarawa United

1.57

Bendel Insurance

0.61

allows per match

Nasarawa United

0.66

Bendel Insurance

1.13

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Nasarawa United+0.00on par

Bendel Insurance+0.00on par

Total goals

Under68
Over32

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No65
Yes35

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Nasarawa United ↓

Bendel Insurance →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–014%

0–19%

0–23%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–018%

1–112%

1–24%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–012%

2–18%

2–23%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–06%

3–14%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–11%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (18%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

86%14%1.5

59%41%2.5

32%68%3.5

14%86%4.5

5%95%

Double chance

Nasarawa United or draw

82%

Nasarawa United or Bendel Insurance

72%

Draw or Bendel Insurance

46%

Winning margin

Nasarawa United wins by 2+

26%

Bendel Insurance wins by 2+

5%

Team goals

Nasarawa United 1+ goals

74%

Nasarawa United 2+ goals

39%

Nasarawa United 3+ goals

15%

Bendel Insurance 1+ goals

47%

Bendel Insurance 2+ goals

14%

Bendel Insurance 3+ goals

3%

Draw no bet

Nasarawa United (draw refunded)

75%

Bendel Insurance (draw refunded)

25%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

23%

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

Nasarawa United at home — creates 1.57, concedes 0.66 · 109 matches

Bendel Insurance away — creates 0.61, concedes 1.13 · 79 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Nasarawa United attack 1.57 + Bendel Insurance defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.35

Bendel Insurance attack 0.61 + Nasarawa United defence 0.66 → ÷2 → 0.64

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 54%?"

Nasarawa United scores more

54%

level

28%

Bendel Insurance scores more

18%

Nasarawa United at 54% 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 54% does not mean "Nasarawa 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

NPFL: Nasarawa United 2–1 Bendel Insurance

Nasarawa United beat Bendel Insurance 2-1 in NPFL on November 27, 2024.

The match was played at Lafia Township Stadium in Lafia.

Nasarawa United vs Bendel Insurance — NPFL 2019

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Total goals

Both teams score

Head to Head

NPFL: Nasarawa United 2–1 Bendel Insurance