Netherlands U19 vs Republic of Ireland U19 — UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification 2022
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 10+ matches
Netherlands U1955%
Republic of Ireland U1921%✓ 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.
Netherlands U19 creates 77% more chances
Season form · 20 home / 10 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Netherlands U19 ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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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
Netherlands U19 at home — creates 1.95, concedes 0.65 · 20 matches
Republic of Ireland U19 away — creates 1.30, concedes 1.50 · 10 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Netherlands U19 attack 1.95 + Republic of Ireland U19 defence 1.50 → ÷2 → 1.73
Republic of Ireland U19 attack 1.30 + Netherlands U19 defence 0.65 → ÷2 → 0.98
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 55%?"
Netherlands U19 at 55% 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 55% does not mean "Netherlands U19 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.
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Netherlands U19 host Republic of Ireland U19 on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 at 18:00. The match is part of the UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification 2022/2023 season.
UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification: Netherlands U19 4–2 Republic of Ireland U19
Netherlands U19 beat Republic of Ireland U19 4-2 in UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification on November 18, 2025.
Goals: N. El Harmouz (11'), T. McCarthy (37'), A. Brennan (51'), S. Kluivert (79'), L. Messori (83'), T. van den Elshout (90').