Norway U19 vs Ukraine U19 — UEFA U19 Championship 2019
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 9+ matches
Norway U1933%
Ukraine U1942%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 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: 49.7% correct across 578,261 matches, vs 44.4% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50% correct · Away picks 48.9% 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.
Ukraine U19 creates 16% more chances
Season form · 14 home / 9 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over56
- Under44
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes58
- No42
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Norway U19 ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
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
Norway U19 at home — creates 1.93, concedes 1.57 · 14 matches
Ukraine U19 away — creates 1.56, concedes 0.78 · 9 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Norway U19 attack 1.93 + Ukraine U19 defence 0.78 → ÷2 → 1.35
Ukraine U19 attack 1.56 + Norway U19 defence 1.57 → ÷2 → 1.56
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 42%?"
Ukraine U19 at 42% 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 42% does not mean "Ukraine 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.
Player of the match
Match Events
Ukraine U19 substitutes
Head to Head
4 previous meetings · small samplePossession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Norway U19 host Ukraine U19 on Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 14:30. The match is part of the UEFA U19 Championship 2019/2020 season.
Match Recap: Norway U19 vs Ukraine U19
Norway U19 and Ukraine U19 drew 0-0 in UEFA U19 Championship on July 18, 2024.
Norway U19 controlled possession (64%) and registered 16 shots to 10.
The match was played at Seaview in Belfast.