Norwich 1–3 Blackburn: Result & Stats

Norwich

FT

1 – 3

HT: 0 – 2

Blackburn

11/5/2023

Championship · Round 15Carrow Road

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 21+ matches

Norwich43%

×Draw26%

Blackburn32%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

NorwichExpected goals in this matchBlackburn

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.

1.46

1.22

Norwich

1.46

Blackburn

1.22

Norwich creates 20% more chances

Season form · 34 home / 21 away

1.54

creates per match

1.09

1.34

allows per match

1.37

creates per match

Norwich

1.54

Blackburn

1.09

allows per match

Norwich

1.34

Blackburn

1.37

+0.14scores more than expected

finishing

+0.05on par

finishing

Norwich+0.14scores more

Blackburn+0.05on par

Total goals

Under50
Over50

Close call

Both teams score

Yes54
No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Norwich ↓

Blackburn →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–07%

0–18%

0–25%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–112%

1–27%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–07%

2–19%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–04%

3–14%

3–23%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–12%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

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

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5

93%7%1.5

75%25%2.5

50%50%3.5

28%72%4.5

13%87%

Double chance

Norwich or draw

68%

Norwich or Blackburn

74%

Draw or Blackburn

57%

Winning margin

Norwich wins by 2+

21%

Blackburn wins by 2+

13%

Team goals

Norwich 1+ goals

77%

Norwich 2+ goals

43%

Norwich 3+ goals

18%

Blackburn 1+ goals

70%

Blackburn 2+ goals

34%

Blackburn 3+ goals

12%

Draw no bet

Norwich (draw refunded)

57%

Blackburn (draw refunded)

43%

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

Norwich at home — creates 1.54, concedes 1.34 · 34 matches

Blackburn away — creates 1.09, concedes 1.37 · 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

Norwich attack 1.54 + Blackburn defence 1.37 → ÷2 → 1.46

Blackburn attack 1.09 + Norwich defence 1.34 → ÷2 → 1.22

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 43%?"

Norwich scores more

43%

level

26%

Blackburn scores more

32%

Norwich at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Norwich 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