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New Mexico United vs Tulsa RoughnecksUSL Championship 2018

3/21/2019USL ChampionshipUSL Championship · Round 5Isotopes Park (Albuquerque)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 111+ matches

New Mexico United50%
×Draw24%
Tulsa Roughnecks26%
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.

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.

New Mexico United
1.75
Tulsa Roughnecks
1.20

New Mexico United creates 46% more chances

Season form · 111 home / 130 away

creates per match

New Mexico United
1.70
Tulsa Roughnecks
1.19

allows per match

New Mexico United
1.21
Tulsa Roughnecks
1.81

finishing

New Mexico United+0.00on par
Tulsa Roughnecks+0.00on par

Total goals

56%Over
  • Over56
  • Under44

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

58%Yes
  • Yes58
  • No42

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

New Mexico United

Tulsa Roughnecks
0
1
2
3
4
0
005%
016%
024%
032%
040%
1
109%
1111%
127%
133%
141%
2
208%
2110%
226%
232%
241%
3
305%
316%
323%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
79%21%2.5
56%44%3.5
34%66%4.5
17%83%

Double chance

New Mexico United or draw
74%
New Mexico United or Tulsa Roughnecks
76%
Draw or Tulsa Roughnecks
50%

Winning margin

New Mexico United wins by 2+
27%
Tulsa Roughnecks wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

New Mexico United 1+ goals
83%
New Mexico United 2+ goals
52%
New Mexico United 3+ goals
25%
Tulsa Roughnecks 1+ goals
70%
Tulsa Roughnecks 2+ goals
34%
Tulsa Roughnecks 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

New Mexico United (draw refunded)
66%
Tulsa Roughnecks (draw refunded)
34%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
47%
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

New Mexico United at homecreates 1.70, concedes 1.21 · 111 matches

Tulsa Roughnecks awaycreates 1.19, concedes 1.81 · 130 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

New Mexico United attack 1.70 + Tulsa Roughnecks defence 1.81 → ÷2 → 1.75

Tulsa Roughnecks attack 1.19 + New Mexico United defence 1.21 → ÷2 → 1.20

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 50%?"

New Mexico United scores more
50%
level
24%
Tulsa Roughnecks scores more
26%

New Mexico United at 50% 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 50% does not mean "New Mexico 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

New Mexico United 2 – 1 Tulsa Roughnecks

New Mexico United beat Tulsa Roughnecks 2-1 in USL Championship on March 21, 2019.

The match was played at Isotopes Park (Albuquerque).