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New Star vs Unisport BafangElite One 2019

6/2/2019Elite OneElite One · Relegation Round - 4Middle Farm Stadium (Limbé)

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 21+ matches

New Star39%
×Draw26%
Unisport Bafang35%
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 Star
1.38
Unisport Bafang
1.31

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 35 home / 21 away

creates per match

New Star
1.09
Unisport Bafang
1.10

allows per match

New Star
1.51
Unisport Bafang
1.67

finishing

New Star+0.00on par
Unisport Bafang+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

New Star

Unisport Bafang
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
019%
026%
033%
041%
1
109%
1112%
128%
134%
141%
2
206%
218%
226%
232%
241%
3
303%
314%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

New Star or draw
65%
New Star or Unisport Bafang
74%
Draw or Unisport Bafang
61%

Winning margin

New Star wins by 2+
18%
Unisport Bafang wins by 2+
16%

Team goals

New Star 1+ goals
75%
New Star 2+ goals
40%
New Star 3+ goals
16%
Unisport Bafang 1+ goals
73%
Unisport Bafang 2+ goals
38%
Unisport Bafang 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

New Star (draw refunded)
52%
Unisport Bafang (draw refunded)
48%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
42%
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

New Star at homecreates 1.09, concedes 1.51 · 35 matches

Unisport Bafang awaycreates 1.10, concedes 1.67 · 21 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 Star attack 1.09 + Unisport Bafang defence 1.67 → ÷2 → 1.38

Unisport Bafang attack 1.10 + New Star defence 1.51 → ÷2 → 1.31

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 39%?"

New Star scores more
39%
level
26%
Unisport Bafang scores more
35%

New Star at 39% 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 39% does not mean "New Star 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

Elite One: New Star 3–0 Unisport Bafang

New Star beat Unisport Bafang 3-0 in Elite One on June 2, 2019.

The match was played at Middle Farm Stadium (Limbé).