Nasarawa United 1–1 Sunshine Stars: Result & Stats

Nasarawa United

FT

1 – 1

HT: 1 – 1

Sunshine Stars

2/13/2022

NPFL · Round 12Lafia Township Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 109+ matches

Nasarawa United60%

×Draw26%

Sunshine Stars14%

✓ 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 matchSunshine Stars

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.

1.50

0.57

Nasarawa United

1.50

Sunshine Stars

0.57

Nasarawa United creates 163% more chances

Season form · 109 home / 110 away

1.57

creates per match

0.48

0.66

allows per match

1.44

creates per match

Nasarawa United

1.57

Sunshine Stars

0.48

allows per match

Nasarawa United

0.66

Sunshine Stars

1.44

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Nasarawa United+0.00on par

Sunshine Stars+0.00on par

Total goals

Under66
Over34

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No66
Yes34

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Nasarawa United ↓

Sunshine Stars →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–013%

0–17%

0–22%

0–30%

0–40%

1

1–019%

1–111%

1–23%

1–31%

1–40%

2

2–014%

2–18%

2–22%

2–30%

2–40%

3

3–07%

3–14%

3–21%

3–30%

3–40%

4

4–03%

4–12%

4–20%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (19%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

87%13%1.5

61%39%2.5

34%66%3.5

15%85%4.5

6%94%

Double chance

Nasarawa United or draw

86%

Nasarawa United or Sunshine Stars

74%

Draw or Sunshine Stars

40%

Winning margin

Nasarawa United wins by 2+

32%

Sunshine Stars wins by 2+

3%

Team goals

Nasarawa United 1+ goals

78%

Nasarawa United 2+ goals

44%

Nasarawa United 3+ goals

19%

Sunshine Stars 1+ goals

43%

Sunshine Stars 2+ goals

11%

Sunshine Stars 3+ goals

2%

Draw no bet

Nasarawa United (draw refunded)

81%

Sunshine Stars (draw refunded)

19%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

23%

Both score & under 3

11%

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

Sunshine Stars away — creates 0.48, concedes 1.44 · 110 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 + Sunshine Stars defence 1.44 → ÷2 → 1.50

Sunshine Stars attack 0.48 + Nasarawa United defence 0.66 → ÷2 → 0.57

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 60%?"

Nasarawa United scores more

60%

level

26%

Sunshine Stars scores more

14%

Nasarawa United at 60% 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 60% 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